herd

Noun
  1. A group of cattle or sheep or other domestic mammals all of the same kind that are herded by humans (synset 108010773)
    is a type of: animal group - a group of animals
    subtypes: remuda - the herd of horses from which those to be used the next day are chosen
    member holonym:
    • bos taurus, cattle, cows, kine, oxen - domesticated bovine animals as a group regardless of sex or age
    • sheep - woolly usually horned ruminant mammal related to the goat
  2. A group of wild mammals of one species that remain together: antelope or elephants or seals or whales or zebra (synset 108010997)
    is a type of: animal group - a group of animals
    subtypes: gam - a herd of whales
  3. A crowd especially of ordinary or undistinguished persons or things (synset 108199964)
    "his brilliance raised him above the ruck"; "the children resembled a fairy herd"
    is a type of: concourse, multitude, throng - a large gathering of people
    same as: ruck
Verb
  1. Cause to herd, drive, or crowd together (synset 202032568)
    "We herded the children into a spare classroom"
    is a type of: displace, move - cause to move or shift into a new position or place, both in a concrete and in an abstract sense
    subtypes: overcrowd - cause to crowd together too much
    same as: crowd
  2. Move together, like a herd (synset 202032462)
    is a type of: crowd, crowd together - to gather together in large numbers
  3. Keep, move, or drive animals (synset 202658253)
    "Who will be herding the cattle when the cowboy dies?"
    is a type of: keep - raise
    subtypes: wrangle - herd and care for

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