| NOUN | group | herd | a group of cattle or sheep or other domestic mammals all of the same kind that are herded by humans |
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| group | herd | a group of wild mammals of one species that remain together | |
| group | herd, ruck | a crowd especially of ordinary or undistinguished persons or things | |
| VERB | motion | herd, crowd | cause to herd, drive, or crowd together |
| motion | herd | move together, like a herd | |
| stative | herd | keep, move, or drive animals |
| Sounds | hher'd | |
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| Rhymes | Abelard ... word / Word: 269 rhymes with erd... | |
| Meaning | A group of cattle or sheep or other domestic mammals all of the same kind that are herded by humans. | |
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| Members | cattle, cows, kine, oxen, Bos taurus | domesticated bovine animals as a group regardless of sex or age |
| sheep | woolly usually horned ruminant mammal related to the goat | |
| Narrower | remuda | The herd of horses from which those to be used the next day are chosen |
| Broader | animal group | A group of animals |
| Spanish | manada, piara, rebaño | |
| Catalan | ramat | |
| Verbs | herd | keep, move, or drive animals |
| Meaning | A group of wild mammals of one species that remain together: antelope or elephants or seals or whales or zebra. | |
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| Narrower | gam | A herd of whales |
| Broader | animal group | A group of animals |
| Spanish | manada | |
| Verbs | herd | keep, move, or drive animals |
| Meaning | A crowd especially of ordinary or undistinguished persons or things. | |
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| Example | "the children resembled a fairy herd" | |
| Synonym | ruck | |
| Broader | multitude, throng, concourse | A large gathering of people |
| Spanish | manada, masa, multitud, turba | |
| Catalan | manada, massa, munió, turba | |
| Verbs | herd | move together, like a herd |
| herd | cause to herd, drive, or crowd together | |
| Meaning | Cause to herd, drive, or crowd together. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody; Somebody ----s somebody PP; Somebody ----s something PP | |
| Example | "We herded the children into a spare classroom" | |
| Synonym | crowd | |
| Narrower | overcrowd | Cause to crowd together too much |
| Broader | move, displace | Cause to move or shift into a new position or place, both in a concrete and in an abstract sense |
| Spanish | apiñar, meter | |
| Catalan | amuntegar-se, apilotar-se, apinyar, encabir, entaforar, ficar | |
| Nouns | herd | a crowd especially of ordinary or undistinguished persons or things |
| herder | someone who drives a herd | |
| Meaning | Move together, like a herd. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s | |
| Model | The crowds herd in the streets | |
| Broader | crowd, crowd together | To gather together in large numbers |
| Nouns | herd | a crowd especially of ordinary or undistinguished persons or things |
| Meaning | Keep, move, or drive animals. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
| Example | "Who will be herding the cattle when the cowboy dies?" | |
| Narrower | wrangle | herd and care for |
| Broader | keep | Raise |
| Nouns | herd | a group of cattle or sheep or other domestic mammals all of the same kind that are herded by humans |
| herd | a group of wild mammals of one species that remain together | |
| herder | someone who drives a herd | |
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