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TOEFL IELTS BNC: 5760 COCA: 5174

herd

1 herd /ˈhɚd/ noun
plural herds
1 herd
/ˈhɚd/
noun
plural herds
Learner's definition of HERD
[count] : a group of animals that live or are kept together兽群;牧群
[count] : a large group of people人群;民众
the herd : common people : people as a group老百姓;普通民众

ride herd on

see 1ride
2 herd /ˈhɚd/ verb
herds; herded; herding
2 herd
/ˈhɚd/
verb
herds; herded; herding
Learner's definition of HERD
[+ object] : to gather and move (a group of animals)(把一群动物)赶到一起,聚到一起
[+ object] : to move (people) in a group成群地运送
[no object] : to form a group or move as a group成群地移动

— herder

/ˈhɚdɚ/ noun, plural herders [count]
TOEFL IELTS BNC: 5760 COCA: 5174

herd

1 of 2

noun

1
a
: a typically large group of animals of one kind kept together under human control
a herd of cattle
b
: a congregation of gregarious wild animals
herds of antelopes
2
a(1)
: a group of people usually having a common bond
a herd of tourists
(2)
: a large assemblage of like things
herds of cars
b
: the undistinguished masses : crowd
isolate the individual prophets from the herd Norman Cousins
herdlike adjective

herd

2 of 2

verb

herded; herding; herds

transitive verb

1
a
: to gather, lead, or drive as if in a herd (see herd entry 1 sense 1a)
herded the children into the car
b
: to keep or move (animals) together
dogs that are trained to herd sheep
2
: to place in a group
herd us with their kindred fools Jonathan Swift

intransitive verb

1
: to assemble or move in a herd (see herd entry 1)
herding onto the subway
2
: to place oneself in a group : associate
it is desirable that young noblemen should herd Sir Walter Scott

Synonyms

Noun

Verb

Example Sentences

Noun The herd grazed peacefully in the pasture. A herd of shoppers waited anxiously for the store to open. Verb The horses were herded into the corral. We left the hotel and were herded onto a bus. They herded the students into the auditorium. The commuters herded onto the train. See More
Recent Examples on the Web
Noun
These numbers are far below the threshold needed for herd immunity, and that means there are a lot of individuals in the area who are vulnerable to polio infection and potential severe outcomes. Deblina Chakraborty, CNN, 15 Sep. 2022 Contagious health behaviors don’t yield numbers such as reproduction rates or herd-immunity thresholds the way viruses do. Josh Zumbrun, WSJ, 9 Sep. 2022 Those who were paying close attention noticed that Fauci kept shifting his assessment of the percentage needed to reach herd immunity from the virus. The Editors, National Review, 23 Aug. 2022 In the 1990s, a decade-long drought plagued the area, which impacted grazing and led the family to further reduce their herd. New York Times, 26 July 2021 The vaccination rate isn't high enough in Michigan for people to be protected by herd immunity if there were to be an outbreak of most of these vaccine-preventable childhood diseases, Dregansky said. Kristen Jordan Shamus, Detroit Free Press, 9 Aug. 2022 The goal was to minimize deaths and social and economic harm until the country reached herd immunity through infection or vaccination. Allysia Finley, WSJ, 7 July 2022 However, when the occurrence of breakthrough infections became more common, despite mass vaccination, the likelihood of herd immunity began to slip away. Arielle Mitropoulos, ABC News, 1 July 2022 In public health, a population has herd immunity against a virus once 95 percent of the population is vaccinated. Perry Stein, Washington Post, 30 June 2022
Verb
In a remarkable show of cooperation, at times white pelicans form groups to herd fish into the center of a circle before attempting to capture their prey. Paul A. Smith, Journal Sentinel, 11 Aug. 2022 Someone attempting to herd you into a group is someone with an agenda, and your personal well-being is not its main purpose. Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 17 May 2022 And not go on national TV and make ridiculous and wrong claims about where your state is on the march to herd immunity. Chris Cillizza, CNN, 12 Apr. 2021 The political differences on the topic, though, make widespread mandates an unlikely path to herd immunity. Roger Dooley, Forbes, 10 May 2021 Agency officials were ordered to find civil servants to herd into a Schedule F classification, where they could be fired or terrorized into submission. Timothy Noah, The New Republic, 25 July 2022 Originally bred to herd the most stubborn sheep and cattle, the breed is courageous, alert and intelligent. cleveland, 18 June 2022 The White House offered an expert on homeless aid, Mandy Chapman-Semple, to help Ms. Parker herd the cats. New York Times, 14 June 2022 With Chicago office vacancy rates at an all-time high and companies tentatively beginning to herd employees back into communal settings, co-working spaces — hard hit during the pandemic — are making a comeback. Robert Channick, Chicago Tribune, 25 May 2022 See More

Word History

Etymology

Noun and Verb

Middle English, from Old English heord; akin to Old High German herta herd, Middle Welsh cordd troop, Lithuanian kerdžius shepherd

First Known Use

Noun

before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a

Verb

13th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1a

Time Traveler
The first known use of herd was before the 12th century
TOEFL IELTS BNC: 5760 COCA: 5174
herd

noun¹

1group of animals動物群ADJECTIVE | HERD + NOUN | PREPOSITION | PHRASES ADJECTIVEgreat, huge, large, vast大群small小群entire, whole整群national (= all the animals of a particular type in a country) (BrE) 本國種群Bad weather has decimated the national herd.惡劣的天氣使得國內動物種群大批死亡。beef, breeding, dairy菜牛群;種畜群;乳牛群The farm has only a small dairy herd.這座農場只有一小群奶牛。pedigree (BrE) 純種畜群wild野生動物群cattle, cow, elephant, etc.牛群、奶牛群、象群等HERD + NOUNinstinct群體本能PREPOSITIONin a/the herd成群The animals tend to graze in a herd.這些動物喜歡成群地吃草。herd of一群⋯a large herd of cows一大群奶牛PHRASESa member of a herd畜群中的一隻
herd

noun²

2group of people人群ADJECTIVE | VERB + HERD | HERD + NOUN ADJECTIVEcommon民眾thundering (especially NAmE) 傑出的人They hired a thundering herd of corporate executives.他們雇用了一群傑出的公司管理人員。VERB + HERDfollow從眾If you feel so strongly, why follow the herd (= do the same as everybody else).既然你如此堅信自己的想法,為什麼還要隨大溜?stand apart from, stand out from與眾不同She prided herself on standing out from the common herd.她為自己的出眾而自豪。HERD + NOUNinstinct, mentality群體本能;從眾心理

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