Herd | Mean of herd in English Dictionary

/ˈhɚd/

• Noun
• a group of animals that live or are kept together
1. herds of cattle/horses/elephants
2. The herd grazed peacefully in the pasture.
• a large group of people
1. A herd of shoppers waited anxiously for the store to open.
• common people
1. the common herd
2. He always sticks with the herd. [=he always does what other people do; he does not think for himself]
3. I refuse to follow the herd. [=do what other people do]
• Verb

• to gather and move (a group of animals)
1. herd cattle
2. The horses were herded into the corral.
• to move (people) in a group
1. We left the hotel and were herded onto a bus.
2. They herded the students into the auditorium.
• to form a group or move as a group
1. The commuters herded onto the train.