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Definition of Herd

Herd

  1. Haired.
  2. 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.
  3. A crowd of low people; a rabble.
  4. One who herds or assembles domestic animals; a herdsman; -- much used in composition; as, a shepherd; a goatherd, and the like.
  5. To unite or associate in a herd; to feed or run together, or in company; as, sheep herd on many hills.
  6. To associate; to ally one's self with, or place one's self among, a group or company.
  7. To act as a herdsman or a shepherd.
  8. To form or put into a herd.

Herd Quotations

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

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

You just never give up, no matter how hard the challenges are, and observe this world with a healthy dose of criticism and don't just follow the herd like somebody else might do.
Renny Harlin

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

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