Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference - herd
Herd
herd
n. & v. --n. 1 a large number of animals, esp. cattle, feeding or travelling or kept together. 2 (prec. by the) derog. a large number of people; a mob (prefers not to follow the herd). 3 (esp. in comb.) a keeper of herds; a herdsman (cowherd). --v. 1 intr. & tr. go or cause to go in a herd (herded together for warmth; herded the cattle into the field). 2 tr. tend (sheep, cattle, etc.) (he herds the goats). Phrases and idioms herd-book a book recording the pedigrees of cattle or pigs. the herd instinct the tendency of associating or conforming with one's own kind for support etc. ride herd on US keep watch on. Derivatives herder n. Etymology: OE heord, (in sense 3) hirdi, f. Gmc
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I. noun Etymology: Middle English, from Old English heord; akin to Old High German herta ~, Middle Welsh cordd troop, Lithuanian kerdžius shep~ Date: before 12th century 1. a number of animals of one kind kept together under human control, a congregation of gregarious wild animals, 2. a. a group of people usually having a common bond , a large assemblage of like things, the undistinguished masses ; crowd , ~like adjective II. verb Date: 13th century transitive verb 1. to gather, lead, or drive as if in a ~ , to keep or move (animals) together, to place in a group, intransitive verb to assemble or move in a ~, to place oneself in a group ; associate ...Толковый словарь английского языка
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