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herds

noun

Meaning

  1. A number of domestic animals assembled together under the watch or ownership of a keeper.
  2. Any collection of animals gathered or travelling in a company.
  3. (now usually derogatory) A crowd, a mass of people; now usually pejorative: a rabble.
  4. To unite or associate in a herd; to feed or run together, or in company.
  5. To unite or associate in a herd
  6. To associate; to ally oneself with, or place oneself among, a group or company.
  7. Someone who keeps a group of domestic animals; a herdsman.
  8. To act as a herdsman or a shepherd.
  9. To form or put into a herd.

Etymology / origin

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Sources

  1. DictionaryAPI.dev English dictionary data
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