herd
herds; herded; herding
A herd is a bunch of animals — or people who act like a bunch of animals. It's also a verb — when people herd animals, they try to keep them moving in the same direction.
A herd usually refers to a group of animals with hooves, like cows or sheep (meat-eating animals like wolves cruise around in packs). On a farm, sheepdogs are in charge of herding the herd of sheep. Herds of buffalo roam the plains. It's rarely a good thing when people act like a herd, which is to do what everyone else is doing. You might want "to break away from the herd" if everyone is wearing pinwheel hats, for example. If you're having trouble getting people together, you might say it's like "herding cats." Cats never follow directions.
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a group of cattle or sheep or other domestic mammals all of the same kind that are herded by humans
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remuda
the herd of horses from which those to be used the next day are chosen
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animal group
a group of animals
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remuda
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a group of wild mammals of one species that remain together: antelope or elephants or seals or whales or zebra
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gam
a herd of whales
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animal group
a group of animals
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gam
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a crowd especially of ordinary or undistinguished persons or things
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keep, move, or drive animals
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cause to herd, drive, or crowd together
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move together, like a herd
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crowd, crowd together
to gather together in large numbers
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crowd, crowd together
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