| 1. group of animals which feeds and travels together, drove, pack; crowd, mob, large group of people; mass of common people; herdsman, one who tends a herd. gather or assemble as a herd; group together; gather or lead (a group of people); lead or drive a herd of animals. herdherd, 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?rdeis. see: 2d herd.] one who herds or assembles domestic animals; a herdsman; -- much used in composition; as, a shepherd; a goatherd, and the like.herd herd, v. i. [imp. & p. p. herded; p. pr. & vb. n. herding.] [see: 2d herd.] |
