Antonyms for herd
Grammar : Noun, verb |
Spell : hurd |
Phonetic Transcription : hɜrd |
Definition of herd
Origin :- Old English heord "herd, flock," from Proto-Germanic *herdo- (cf. Old Norse hjorð, Old High German herta, German Herde, Gothic hairda "herd"), from PIE *kerdh- "a row, group, herd" (cf. Sanskrit śárdhah "herd, troop," Old Church Slavonic čreda "herd," Greek korthys "heap," Lithuanian kerdžius "shepherd"). Herd instinct in psychology is first recorded 1908.
- noun large group
- verb gather; shepherd
- Only don't let the first woman that comes ridin' herd get her iron on you.
- Extract from : « The Spenders » by Harry Leon Wilson
- I have in mind one old chap who used to herd the sheep on my uncle's farm.
- Extract from : « Ballads of a Bohemian » by Robert W. Service
- She had just been taken into the herd that season and had the place of the favorite next to the leader.
- Extract from : « The Trail Book » by Mary Austin
- This farm to which he had devoted his life was taking it from him by a member of its herd.
- Extract from : « Dust » by Mr. and Mrs. Haldeman-Julius
- Somewhere on these six hundred acres was the herd and it was his chore to find it and bring it in.
- Extract from : « Dust » by Mr. and Mrs. Haldeman-Julius
- Let him come twice a day until he's sure it's out of the herd.
- Extract from : « Dust » by Mr. and Mrs. Haldeman-Julius
- I wondered if this were the herd, but found it was only the cloud of dust in which it was enveloped.
- Extract from : « A Woman Tenderfoot » by Grace Gallatin Seton-Thompson
- Still, it's convenient, so I herd there with all sorts of blackguards, heroes and villains and what not.
- Extract from : « The Incomplete Amorist » by E. Nesbit
- They will never let a man alone,--they, the herd, who cry "Madman!"
- Extract from : « The Atlantic Monthly, Vol. 10, No. 58, August, 1862 » by Various
- Then round about him the Herd Boy saw forests of chrysophrase and trees of jade.
- Extract from : « The Chinese Fairy Book » by Various
Synonyms for herd
- assemblage
- assemble
- associate
- bevy
- brood
- clan
- collect
- collection
- congregate
- corral
- covey
- crowd
- crush
- drift
- drive
- drove
- flight
- flock
- force
- gaggle
- gathering
- goad
- guide
- hoi polloi
- horde
- huddle
- lead
- lot
- mass
- mob
- multitude
- muster
- nest
- pack
- people
- poke
- populace
- press
- punch
- rabble
- rally
- round up
- run
- scare up
- school
- spur
- swarm
- throng
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