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Noun herd has 3 senses

herd - a group of cattle or sheep or other domestic mammals all of the same kind that are herded by humans
--₁ is a kind of animal group
--₁ has members: cattle, cows, kine, oxen, Bos taurus; sheep
--₁ has particulars: remuda
Derived form: verb herd₃
herd - a group of wild animals of one species that remain together: antelope or elephants or seals or whales or zebra
--₂ is a kind of animal group

Derived form: verb herd₃
ruck, herd - a crowd especially of ordinary or undistinguished persons or things; "his brilliance raised him above the ruck"; "the children resembled a fairy herd"
--₃ is a kind of multitude, throng, concourse

Derived forms: verb herd₁, verb herd₂

Verb herd has 3 senses

herd, crowd - cause to herd, drive, or crowd together; "We herded the children into a spare classroom"
--₁ is one way to move, displace

Derived forms: noun herd₃, noun herder₂
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Somebody ----s somebody PP
Somebody ----s something PP
herd - move together, like a herd
--₂ is one way to crowd, crowd together

Derived form: noun herd₃
Sample sentence:
The crowds herd in the streets
herd - keep, move, or drive animals; "Who will be herding the cattle when the cowboy dies?"
--₃ is one way to keep

Derived forms: noun herd₂, noun herd₁, noun herder₂
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something