herd
see also: Herd
Pronunciation Etymology 1
Herd
Proper noun
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see also: Herd
Pronunciation Etymology 1
From Middle English herde, heerde, heorde, from Old English hierd, heord, from Proto-West Germanic *herdu, from Proto-Germanic *herdō, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱerdʰ-.
Nounherd (plural herds)
- A number of domestic animals assembled together under the watch or ownership of a keeper. [from 11th c.]
- a herd of cattle
- a herd of sheep
- a herd of goats
- 1768, Thomas Gray, Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard:
- The lowing herd wind slowly o’er the lea.
- Any collection of animals gathered or travelling in a company. [from 13th c.]
- (now, usually, pejorative) A crowd, a mass of people or things; a rabble. [from 15th c.]
- 2001, Jonathan Franzen, The Corrections:
- There were herds of leather sofas and enough computers to ensure that no prospective matriculant or visiting parent could enter a room and not see at least one available keyboard, not even in the dining hall or field house.
- French: troupeau
- German: Herde
- Italian: mandria, armento
- Portuguese: rebanho
- Russian: ста́до
- Spanish: rebaño
- German: Pferdeherde
- Portuguese: vara
- Italian: gregge
- French: troupeau
- German: Herde
- Italian: mandria, branco, armento, masseria
- Portuguese: manada
- Russian: ста́до
- Spanish: hato, rebaño, manada
- Italian: masnada, accozzaglia, accolita, cricca, ciurma
- Portuguese: súcia, cambada, canalha, malta, corja, choldra, ralé, gentalha, populacho, patuleia, povinho, plebe, vulgo, bas fond, escória
- Russian: ста́до
- Spanish: rebaño
herd (herds, present participle herding; simple past and past participle herded)
- (intransitive) To unite or associate in a herd; to feed or run together, or in company.
- Sheep herd on many hills.
- (transitive) To unite or associate in a herd
- (transitive) To manage, care for or guard a herd
- He is employed to herd the goats.
- (intransitive) To associate; to ally oneself with, or place oneself among, a group or company.
- 1712 (date written), [Joseph] Addison, Cato, a Tragedy. […], London: […] J[acob] Tonson, […], published 1713, →OCLC ↗, Act III, scene i, pages 39–40 ↗:
- I’ll herd among his Friends, and ſeem
One of the Number, […]
- 1886 October – 1887 January, H[enry] Rider Haggard, She: A History of Adventure, London: Longmans, Green, and Co., published 1887, →OCLC ↗:
- "[W]hy, I say, oh stranger, dost thou think that I herd here with barbarians lower than the beasts?"
- To move, or be moved, in a group. (of both animals and people)
- On alighting at the station, we were all herded over the footbridge and through a side exit.
- French: rassembler
- German: hüten
- Italian: radunare
- Portuguese: arrebanhar-se
- Spanish: conducir
- Italian: unirsi
- Portuguese: arrebanhar-se
From Middle English herde, from Old English hirde, hierde, from Proto-West Germanic *hirdī, from Proto-Germanic *hirdijaz.
Nounherd (plural herds)
- (now, rare) Someone who keeps a group of domestic animals.
- Synonyms: herder, herdsman
- 1902, John Buchan, The Outgoing of the Tide:
- John Dodds, the herd who bode in the place, was standing at the door, and he looked to see who was on the road so late.
- 2000, Alasdair Grey, The Book of Prefaces, Bloomsbury, published 2002, page 38:
- Any talent which gives a good new thing to others is a miracle, but commentators have thought it extra miraculous that England's first known poet was an illiterate herd.
herd (herds, present participle herding; simple past and past participle herded)
- (intransitive, Scotland) To act as a herdsman or a shepherd.
- (transitive) To form or put into a herd.
- (transitive) To move or drive a herd.
- I heard the herd of cattle being herded home from a long way away.
- Portuguese: arrebanhar
Herd
Proper noun
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