What part of speech is herd?

Herd can be categorized as a noun and a verb.

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Parts of speech

  • 1. herd is a verb, present, 1st person singular of herd (infinitive).
  • 2. herd is a verb (infinitive).
  • 3. herd is a noun, singular of herds.

Inflections

Verb

Noun

What does herd mean?

Definitions

Verb

herd - cause to herd, drive, or crowd together; "We herded the children into a spare classroom"
herd - keep, move, or drive animals; "Who will be herding the cattle when the cowboy dies?"
herd - move together, like a herd

Noun

herd - a group of cattle or sheep or other domestic mammals all of the same kind that are herded by humans
herd - a group of wild mammals of one species that remain together: antelope or elephants or seals or whales or zebra
herd - a crowd especially of ordinary or undistinguished persons or things; "his brilliance raised him above the ruck"; "the children resembled a fairy herd"

Examples of herd

#   Sentence  
1. noun The children resembled a fairy herd.
2. noun Yellowstone has a vast elk herd, one of the largest in the world.
3. noun I saw deer frequently, in fact a small herd were grazing near the lodge.
4. noun The cowboys rounded up the herd of cattle.
5. noun Habit rules the unreflecting herd.
6. noun The dogs help herd the cattle.
7. noun One black sheep ruins the whole herd.
8. noun Maybe the whole herd will go somewhere else to search for water.
9. noun The newborn calf couldn't catch up with the herd running from the jaguar.
10. noun In some countries, when a herd of elephants encroaches upon the agricultural livelihoods of farmers, the elephants can be exterminated.
11. noun A herd of Friesian cattle is grazing in a field in the British countryside.
12. noun I refuse to herd geese any longer with that girl.
13. noun "I refuse to herd geese any longer with that girl." "For what reason?" asked the old King. "Because she does nothing but annoy me all day long," replied Curdken.
14. noun Two he-goats, belonging to his herd, were jealous of one another, and at last engaged in fight, butting at each other so violently that one of them had a horn broken, and ran away in great pain, bellowing loudly.
15. noun His herd was forgotten; his pipe lay uncared for on the ground; his head was bowed like a flower that droops over its stalk; he was consumed by inward fire, parched like the grass in the hot weather; he knew joy no longer, and no more gaily prattled, unless, indeed, he were speaking to Chloe or about her.
Sentence  
noun
The children resembled a fairy herd.
Yellowstone has a vast elk herd, one of the largest in the world.
I saw deer frequently, in fact a small herd were grazing near the lodge.
The cowboys rounded up the herd of cattle.
Habit rules the unreflecting herd.
The dogs help herd the cattle.
One black sheep ruins the whole herd.
Maybe the whole herd will go somewhere else to search for water.
The newborn calf couldn't catch up with the herd running from the jaguar.
In some countries, when a herd of elephants encroaches upon the agricultural livelihoods of farmers, the elephants can be exterminated.
A herd of Friesian cattle is grazing in a field in the British countryside.
I refuse to herd geese any longer with that girl.
"I refuse to herd geese any longer with that girl." "For what reason?" asked the old King. "Because she does nothing but annoy me all day long," replied Curdken.
Two he-goats, belonging to his herd, were jealous of one another, and at last engaged in fight, butting at each other so violently that one of them had a horn broken, and ran away in great pain, bellowing loudly.
His herd was forgotten; his pipe lay uncared for on the ground; his head was bowed like a flower that droops over its stalk; he was consumed by inward fire, parched like the grass in the hot weather; he knew joy no longer, and no more gaily prattled, unless, indeed, he were speaking to Chloe or about her.

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