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Meaning
Noun
●
A number of
domestic
animals
assembled
together under the
watch
or
ownership
of a keeper.
●
Any
collection
of
animals
gathered
or
travelling
in a company.
⚠️
In Collectives:
A
crowd
, a
mass
of people or things; a rabble.
●
Someone who
keeps
a group of
domestic
animals.
Verb
●
To
unite
or
associate
in a
herd
; to
feed
or
run
together, or in company.
●
To
unite
or
associate
in a herd
●
To
manage
,
care for
or
guard
a herd
●
To
associate
; to
ally
oneself
with, or place
oneself
among, a group or company.
●
To
move
, or be
moved
, in a group.
●
In Scottish English:
To
act
as a
herdsman
or a shepherd.
●
To form or
put
into a herd.
●
To
move
or
drive
a herd.
Name
●
A surname.
Sourced from
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Origin
herd
English
heord
Old English (ca. 450-1100)
hirde
Old English (ca. 450-1100)
Sourced from
Etym
Synonyms
Herder
Herdsman
Commonalty
Drive
Dazzle
Flock
Assemble
Round Up
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Rhymes
Word
Word
Ferd
Kurd
Merd
Curd
Herd
Bird
Turd
Third
Cured
Erred
Lured
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Heard
Blerd
Furred
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Whirred
Assured
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Referred
Occurred
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Reassured
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