1. [n]  a group of cattle or sheep or other domestic mammals all of the same kind that are herded by humans
2. [n]  a group of wild animals of one species that remain together: antelope or elephants or seals or whales or zebra
3. [n]  a crowd especially of ordinary or undistinguished persons or things; "his brilliance raised him above the ruck"; "the children resembled a fairy herd"
4. [v]  move together, like a herd
5. [v]  cause to herd, drive, or crowd together; "We herded the children into a spare classroom"
6. [v]  keep, move, or drive animals; "Who will be herding the cattle when the cowboy dies?"

1. \Herd\, a.
   Haired. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
   

2. \Herd\, n. [OE. herd, heord, AS. heord; akin to OHG.
   herta,G. herde, Icel. hj["o]r?, Sw. hjord, Dan. hiord, Goth.
   ha['i]rda; cf. Skr. [,c]ardha troop, host.]
   1. A number of beasts assembled together; as, a herd of
      horses, oxen, cattle, camels, elephants, deer, or swine; a
      particular stock or family of cattle.
            The lowing herd wind slowly o'er the lea. --Gray.
   Note: Herd is distinguished from flock, as being chiefly
         applied to the larger animals. A number of cattle, when
         driven to market, is called a drove.
   2. A crowd of low people; a rabble.
            But far more numerous was the herd of such Who think
            too little and who talk too much.     --Dryden.
            You can never interest the common herd in the
            abstract question.                    --Coleridge.
   {Herd's grass} (Bot.), one of several species of grass,
      highly esteemed for hay. See under {Grass}.
   

3. \Herd\, n. [OE. hirde, herde, heorde, AS. hirde, hyrde,
   heorde; akin to G. hirt, hirte, OHG. hirti, Icel. hir?ir, Sw.
   herde, Dan. hyrde, Goth. ha['i]rdeis. See 2d {Herd}.]
   One who herds or assembles domestic animals; a herdsman; --
   much used in composition; as, a shepherd; a goatherd, and the
   like. --Chaucer.
   

4. \Herd\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Herded}; p. pr. & vb. n.
   {Herding}.] [See 2d {Herd}.]
   1. To unite or associate in a herd; to feed or run together,
      or in company; as, sheep herd on many hills.
   2. To associate; to ally one's self with, or place one's self
      among, a group or company.
            I'll herd among his friends, and seem One of the
            number.                               --Addison.
   3. To act as a herdsman or a shepherd. [Scot.]
   

5. \Herd\, v. t.
   To form or put into a herd.
   

Gen. 13:5; Deut. 7:14. (See CATTLE.)