herd
verb/hɜːd/
/hɜːrd/
Verb Forms
Idioms | present simple I / you / we / they herd | /hɜːd/ /hɜːrd/ |
| he / she / it herds | /hɜːdz/ /hɜːrdz/ |
| past simple herded | /ˈhɜːdɪd/ /ˈhɜːrdɪd/ |
| past participle herded | /ˈhɜːdɪd/ /ˈhɜːrdɪd/ |
| -ing form herding | /ˈhɜːdɪŋ/ /ˈhɜːrdɪŋ/ |
- [intransitive, transitive] to move or make somebody/something move in a particular direction
- + adv./prep. We all herded on to the bus.
- herd somebody/something + adv./prep. They were herded together into trucks and driven away.
- [transitive] herd something to keep or look after a group of animals; to make animals move together as a group
- a shepherd herding his flock
Word OriginOld English heord, of Germanic origin; related to German Herde.
Idioms
See herd in the Oxford Advanced American Dictionarylike herding cats (informal)
- used to describe a very difficult task, especially one that involves organizing people
- Managing a political party is a lot like herding cats.
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