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herd

verb

To unite or associate in a herd; to feed or run together, or in company.

  • Sheep herd on many hills.

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The word 'herd' is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it as a verb to describe a group of animals moving together, especially when they are likely to change direction or to be startled. For example, "The herd of wildebeest stampeded across the plain."

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I was woken by bleats; a herd of goats had descended on the camp.

Beyond the "dirty junkie" cliches and the fear of disease, one of the reasons why heroin is still taboo is that it wipes away the sense of responsibility to the collective, to the herd.

Martha and Saratu and Rehab's families all said yes; Yagana, an orphan, received the blessing of her foster father; Kume was found sitting under a tree in the primary school – she had brought the family's herd to graze around the deserted, weed-choked building.

There, the stars are big beasts, pack leaders; the support just makes up the herd.

Waza is accused of sanctioning a private deal involving the fishermen who herd and slaughter the dolphins and the Japanese Association of Zoos and Aquariums (Jaza), which is an associate Waza member.

Surely a satirical magazine is meant to defy the herd; to cause outrage through biting wit and originality?

The daily routine was testing – I'd wake at 5am, walk 8km to school, come home at 3pm and go out to herd goats".

We might be in a shabby hall with only three pre-booked seats for the entire run, but we had the Bard of Avon and a crumhorn dumb show to mark us out from the herd.

Enjoy fantastic communal dinners on the terrace: buffalo steaks from the herd of 600, gallons of country wine - and of course, hand-made each morning, the wonderful mozzarella (try it still-warm in the dairy).

A herd of llamas eyed us warily, and a flock of Andean geese circled, then decided to land.

It does little to address the herd of elephants in the room – the objectification of women's bodies, the spread of misogyny that the internet has facilitated, the poison of online porn beyond Hugh Hefner's wettest dreams, the real-world consequences for human relationships of the endless parade of naked bodies beyond Roger Ebert's anti-puritanical hopes across computer screens.

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