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# herd

«herd» in Mova's school dictionary: **a large group of animals of one kind that live and move…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (a herd, herds); verb (herd, herds, herded, herding)

### meaning for a pupil

1) A herd is a large group of animals of one kind that live and move together, like cows, deer, elephants or horses. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/herd/#m1)

2) To herd animals or people means to move them together as a group. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/herd/#m2)

3) «The herd» can mean ordinary people who all do the same thing. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/herd/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

In science and farming, grazing animals live in herds for safety from predators. Farmers and sheepdogs herd animals; teachers sometimes herd children back inside. In stories «follow the herd» means doing what everyone else does without thinking. Phrases: «a herd of cows», «herd together», «herd animals», «follow the herd», «herd immunity».

### examples

- A herd of elephants walked to the river. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/herd/#x1)
- The farmer herded the cows into the barn. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/herd/#x2)
- Zebras stay in herds to keep safe from lions. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/herd/#x3)
- The dog herded the sheep into the pen. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/herd/#x4)
- Our teacher herded us back to the classroom. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/herd/#x5)
- Don't just follow the herd — think for yourself. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/herd/#x6)
- A herd of deer ran across the road. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/herd/#x7)
- Vaccines help build herd immunity. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/herd/#x8)
- Help me to herd them, Akela.” [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/herd/#x9)

### note

Countable. Homophone: «herd» (group of animals) and «heard» (past of hear): «I heard a herd of cows.» Different groups have special names: a flock of sheep or birds, a pack of wolves, a pride of lions, a school of fish.

### In the corpora

- [A newborn calf stands within about an hour so that it can drink milk and keep up with the herd.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/22-elephants-families-tusks-ears-memory/8/)
- [Stripes might also confuse a lion trying to pick out one zebra from a running herd, but this is less certain.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/128-madagascar-real-zebras-hippos-and-giraffes/7/)
- [Farm vets visit farms to check herds of cows, sheep and pigs.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/227-the-vet/13/)
- [In a drought in Tanzania, herds with older matriarchs who remembered an earlier drought survived better.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/236-animal-minds-elephants-memory-feelings-and-the-mouse-myth/5/)
- [Guinea pigs are herd animals, so at least two should live together.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/63-guinea-pigs-hamsters-and-fish/9/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «herd» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/herd/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.