herd

== English == === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /hɜːd/ (General American) IPA(key): /hɜɹd/ Homophone: heard (most accents) Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)d === Etymology 1 === From Middle English herde, heerde, heorde, from Old English hierd, heord (“herd, flock; keeping, care, custody”), from Proto-West Germanic *herdu, from Proto-Germanic *herdō (“herd”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kerdʰ- (“file, row, herd”). Cognate with German Herde, Danish hjord, Swedish hjord. Non-Germanic cognates include Albanian herdhe (“nest”) and Serbo-Croatian krdo. ==== Noun ==== herd (plural herds) A number of domestic animals assembled together under the watch or ownership of a keeper. [from 11th c.] Any collection of animals gathered or travelling in a company. [from 13th c.] (now usually derogatory) A crowd, a mass of people or things; a rabble. [from 15th c.] ===== Hyponyms ===== (group of elephants): parade ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Translations ===== ==== Verb ==== herd (third-person singular simple present herds, present participle herding, simple past and past participle herded) (intransitive) To unite or associate in a herd; to feed or run together, or in company. (transitive) To unite or associate in a herd (transitive) To manage, care for or guard a herd Synonym: wrangle (intransitive) To associate; to ally oneself with, or place oneself among, a group or company. To move, or be moved, in a group. (of both animals and people) ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Translations ===== === Etymology 2 === From Middle English herde, from Old English hirde, hierde, from Proto-West Germanic *hirdī, from Proto-Germanic *hirdijaz. Cognate with German Hirte, Swedish herde, Danish hyrde. ==== Noun ==== herd (plural herds) (now rare) Someone who keeps a group of domestic animals. Synonym: herder Hypernym: person Hyponyms: bearherd, cowherd, goatherd, gooseherd, gosherd, hogherd, horseherd, neatherd, oxherd, pigherd, shepherd, swanherd, swineherd Coordinate terms: rancher, pastoralist Near-synonym: herdsman ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Translations ===== ==== Verb ==== herd (third-person singular simple present herds, present participle herding, simple past and past participle herded) (intransitive, Scotland) To act as a herdsman or a shepherd. (transitive) To form or put into a herd. (transitive) To move or drive a herd. ===== Translations ===== === See also === Appendix:English collective nouns drove gather muster round up ride herd on === Further reading === herd (disambiguation) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia == Middle English == === Etymology 1 === ==== Noun ==== herd alternative form of herde (“herd”) === Etymology 2 === ==== Noun ==== herd alternative form of herde (“herder”) === Etymology 3 === ==== Noun ==== herd alternative form of hird (“household”) == Norwegian Bokmål == === Verb === herd imperative of herde == Norwegian Nynorsk == === Etymology 1 === From Old Norse herðr. ==== Alternative forms ==== hær, hør ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): /hæːr/ ==== Noun ==== herd f (definite singular herda, indefinite plural herdar or herder, definite plural herdane or herdene) shoulder Synonyms: skulder, aksel === Etymology 2 === ==== Alternative forms ==== herda ==== Participle ==== herd (neuter herdt, definite singular and plural herde) past participle of herde === References === “herd” in The Nynorsk Dictionary. Ivar Aasen (1850), “Hær”, in Ordbog over det norske Folkesprog‎[2] (in Danish), Oslo: Samlaget, published 2000 == Old High German == === Etymology === From Proto-West Germanic *herþ. === Noun === hërd m hearth ==== Descendants ==== Middle High German: hërt Cimbrian: hèart German: Herd Luxembourgish: Häerd Yiddish: הערד (herd)