noun
- A group of cattle or sheep or other domestic mammals all of the same kind that are herded by humans.
- A group of wild mammals of one species that remain together: antelope or elephants or seals or whales or zebra.
- A crowd especially of ordinary or undistinguished persons or things.
- usage: "his brilliance raised him above the ruck"; "the children resembled a fairy herd"
- synonyms: ruck
verb
- Cause to herd, drive, or crowd together.
- usage: "We herded the children into a spare classroom"
- synonyms: crowd
- Move together, like a herd.
- Keep, move, or drive animals.
- usage: "Who will be herding the cattle when the cowboy dies"
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