herd

Definition

  • n. a group of cattle or sheep or other domestic mammals all of the same kind that are herded by humans
  • n. a group of wild mammals of one species that remain together: antelope or elephants or seals or whales or zebra
  • v. cause to herd, drive, or crowd together
  • v. move together, like a herd

Word forms

Past participle
herded
Present participle
herding
Past tense
herded
Third person singular
herds

Example sentences

  1. n.

    The herd of cows moved slowly across the field.

  2. vt.

    The farmer herded the sheep into the barn before the storm.

  3. vi.

    People began to herd together as the concert was about to start.