Definition of Herd

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Definition of Herd

Herd

Haired.

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.

A crowd of low people; a rabble.

One who herds or assembles domestic animals; a herdsman; -- much used in composition; as, a shepherd; a goatherd, and the like.

To unite or associate in a herd; to feed or run together, or in company; as, sheep herd on many hills.

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

To act as a herdsman or a shepherd.

To form or put into a herd.

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Herd Quotations

I have thought there was some advantage even in death, by which we mingle with the herd of common men.
Henry David Thoreau

The herd seek out the great, not for their sake but for their influence; and the great welcome them out of vanity or need.
Napoleon Bonaparte

To see victory only when it is within the ken of the common herd is not the acme of excellence.
Sun Tzu

We herd sheep, we drive cattle, we lead people. Lead me, follow me, or get out of my way.
George S. Patton

It is the American vice, the democratic disease which expresses its tyranny by reducing everything unique to the level of the herd.
Henry Miller

We must plant the sea and herd its animals using the sea as farmers instead of hunters. That is what civilization is all about - farming replacing hunting.
Jacques Yves Cousteau

Collective fear stimulates herd instinct, and tends to produce ferocity toward those who are not regarded as members of the herd.
Bertrand Russell

A hungry wolf at all the herd will run, In hopes, through many, to make sure of one.
William Congreve

O imitators, you slavish herd!
Horace

Like the herd animals we are, we sniff warily at the strange one among us.
Loren Eiseley

Herd Translations

herd in Afrikaans is trop, kudde
herd in Dutch is kudde, roedel
herd in French is troupeau
herd in German is Herde
herd in Italian is mandria
herd in Norwegian is flokk, gjete
herd in Portuguese is rebanho
herd in Spanish is reba o, manada
herd in Swedish is valla, hjord, skock

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