herd

HERD, noun 1. A collection or assemblage; applied to beasts when feeding or driven together. We say, a herd of horses, oxen, cattle, camels, elephants, bucks, harts, and in Scripture, a herd of swine. But we say, a flock of sheep, goats, or birds. A number of cattle going to market is called a drove. 2. A company of men or people, in contempt or detestation; a crowd; a rabble; as a vulgar herd HERD, noun A keeper of cattle; used by Spenser, and still used in Scotland, but in English now seldom or never used, except in composition, as a shepherd, a goatherd, a swineherd. HERD, verb intransitive To unite or associate, as beasts; to feed or run in collections. Most kinds of beasts manifest a disposition to herd 1. To associate; to unite in companies customarily. 2. To associate; to become one of a number or party. HERD, verb transitive To form or put into a herd