[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

herd \herd\, n. oe. hirde, herde, heorde, as. hirde, hyrde,
   heorde; akin to g. hirt, hirte, ohg. hirti, icel. hir?ir, sw.
   herde, dan. hyrde, goth. ha'irdeis. see 2d herd.
   one who herds or assembles domestic animals; a herdsman; --
   much used in composition; as, a shepherd; a goatherd, and the
   like. --chaucer.
   1913 webster
see also:
herd 

[2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

herd \herd\ h~erd, a.
   haired. obs. --chaucer.
   1913 webster

[3] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

herd \herd\ h~erd, n. oe. herd, heord, as. heord; akin to
   ohg. herta, g. herde, icel. hj"oreth, sw. hjord, dan.
   hiord, goth. ha'irda; cf. skr. ,cardha troop, host.
   1913 webster
   1. a number of beasts assembled together; as, a herd of
      horses, oxen, cattle, camels, elephants, deer, or swine; a
      particular stock or family of cattle.
      1913 webster

            the lowing herd wind slowly o'er the lea. --gray.
      1913 webster

   note: herd is distinguished from flock, as being chiefly
         applied to the larger animals. a number of cattle, when
         driven to market, is called a drove.
         1913 webster

   2. a crowd of low people; a rabble.
      1913 webster

            but far more numerous was the herd of such
            who think too little and who talk too much.
                                                  --dryden.
      1913 webster

            you can never interest the common herd in the
            abstract question.                    --coleridge.
      1913 webster

   herd's grass bot., one of several species of grass,
      highly esteemed for hay. see under grass.
      1913 webster
see also:
herd's grass grass 

[4] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

herd \herd\, v. i. imp.  p. p. herded; p. pr.  vb. n.
   herding. see 2d herd.
   1. to unite or associate in a herd; to feed or run together,
      or in company; as, sheep herd on many hills.
      1913 webster

   2. to associate; to ally one's self with, or place one's self
      among, a group or company.
      1913 webster

            i'll herd among his friends, and seem
            one of the number.                    --addison.
      1913 webster

   3. to act as a herdsman or a shepherd. scot.
      1913 webster
see also:
herded herding herd 

[5] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

herd \herd\, v. t.
   to form or put into a herd.
   1913 webster

[6] : WordNet (r) 2.0

herd
     n 1: a group of cattle or sheep or other domestic mammals all of
          the same kind that are herded by humans
     2: a group of wild animals of one species that remain together:
        antelope or elephants or seals or whales or zebra
     3: a crowd especially of ordinary or undistinguished persons or
        things; "his brilliance raised him above the ruck"; "the
        children resembled a fairy herd" syn: ruck
     v 1: cause to herd, drive, or crowd together; "we herded the
          children into a spare classroom" syn: crowd
     2: move together, like a herd
     3: keep, move, or drive animals; "who will be herding the
        cattle when the cowboy dies?"
see also:
ruck crowd 

[7] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

82 moby thesaurus words for "herd":
   gyropilot, army, assemblage, assemble, automatic pilot, boatheader,
   boatsteerer, bunch, cage, cicerone, cluster, collect, collection,
   colony, congregate, corral, courier, cowherd, coxswain, crowd,
   crush, dragoman, drift, drive, drove, drover, flock, gam, gang,
   gather, gather together, goad, goatherd, group, guide, guidepost,
   guider, helmsman, herdsman, hoi polloi, hold the reins, horde,
   host, kennel, lash, litter, mass, masses, mercury, multitude,
   navigator, pack, pilot, pod, pointer, press, prick, pride,
   punch cattle, rabble, ride herd on, river pilot, round up, run,
   school, shepherd, shoal, skulk, sloth, spur, steer, steerer,
   steersman, swarm, take the helm, throng, tour director, tour guide,
   trip, troop, whip, wrangle

[8] : Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary

herd
   gen. 13:5; deut. 7:14. see cattle.
   
see also:
cattle 

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