herd

About 5.17 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. noun A number of domestic animals assembled together under the watch or ownership of a keeper. .mw-parser-output .defdate{font-size:smaller}

   a herd of cattle

2. noun Any collection of animals gathered or travelling in a company.
3. noun A crowd, a mass of people or things; a rabble.

   I was never one to follow the herd.

4. noun A collection of things, especially vehicles.

   Herds of buses spread across the streets.

5. verb To unite or associate in a herd; to feed or run together, or in company.

   Sheep herd on many hills.

6. verb To unite or associate in a herd
7. verb To manage, care for or guard a herd

   He is employed to herd the goats.

8. verb To associate; to ally oneself with, or place oneself among, a group or company.

Similar words

ruck crowd drove livestock pastoralist oxen sheep farmer string caribou

Often followed by

of and was in is to on the size

Word family

follow the herd herded herding herdlike herds