Synonyms for herd

Grammar : Noun, verb

Spell : hurd

Phonetic Transcription : hɜrd

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Définition 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

Example sentences :

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

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