HERD

• (noun) a group of cattle or sheep or other domestic mammals all of the same kind that are herded by humans

• (noun) a group of wild mammals of one species that remain together: antelope or elephants or seals or whales or zebra

• (noun) a crowd especially of ordinary or undistinguished persons or things

  "his brilliance raised him above the ruck", "the children resembled a fairy herd"

  synonyms : ruck

• (verb) move together, like a herd

• (verb) cause to herd, drive, or crowd together

  "We herded the children into a spare classroom"

  synonyms : crowd

• (verb) keep, move, or drive animals

  "Who will be herding the cattle when the cowboy dies?"

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