Drove vs. Herd
Drovenoun
A number of cattle driven to market or new pastures.
Herdnoun
A number of domestic animals assembled together under the watch or ownership of a keeper.
Drovenoun
A large number of people on the move (literally or figuratively).
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Herdnoun
Any collection of animals gathered or travelling in a company.
Drovenoun
(collective) A group of hares.
Herdnoun
A crowd, a mass of people; now usually pejorative: a rabble.
Drovenoun
A road or track along which cattle are habitually driven.
Herdnoun
Someone who keeps a group of domestic animals; a herdsman.
Drovenoun
A narrow drain or channel used in the irrigation of land.
Herdverb
(intransitive) To unite or associate in a herd; to feed or run together, or in company.
‘Sheep herd on many hills.’;
Drovenoun
A broad chisel used to bring stone to a nearly smooth surface.
Herdverb
(transitive) To unite or associate in a herd
‘He is employed to herd the goats.’;
Drovenoun
The grooved surface of stone finished by the drove chisel.
Herdverb
(intransitive) To associate; to ally oneself with, or place oneself among, a group or company.
Droveverb
To herd cattle; particularly over a long distance.
Herdverb
To act as a herdsman or a shepherd.
Droveverb
(transitive) To finish (stone) with a drove chisel.
Herdverb
(transitive) To form or put into a herd.
‘I heard the herd of cattle being herded home from a long way away.’;
Drove
of Drive.
Herdadjective
Haired.
Drovenoun
A collection of cattle driven, or cattle collected for driving; a number of animals, as oxen, sheep, or swine, driven in a body.
Herdnoun
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.’;
Drovenoun
Any collection of irrational animals, moving or driving forward; as, a finny drove.
Herdnoun
A crowd of low people; a rabble.
‘But far more numerous was the herd of suchWho think too little and who talk too much.’; ‘You can never interest the common herd in the abstract question.’;
Drovenoun
A crowd of people in motion.
‘Where droves, as at a city gate, may pass.’;
Herdnoun
One who herds or assembles domestic animals; a herdsman; - much used in composition; as, a shepherd; a goatherd, and the like.
Drovenoun
A road for driving cattle; a driftway.
Herdverb
To unite or associate in a herd; to feed or run together, or in company; as, sheep herd on many hills.
Drovenoun
A narrow drain or channel used in the irrigation of land.
Herdverb
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 seemOne of the number.’;
Drovenoun
A broad chisel used to bring stone to a nearly smooth surface; - called also drove chisel.
Herdverb
To act as a herdsman or a shepherd.
Droveverb
To drive, as cattle or sheep, esp. on long journeys; to follow the occupation of a drover.
‘He's droving now with Conroy's sheep along the Castlereagh.’;
Herdverb
To form or put into a herd.
Droveverb
To finish, as stone, with a drove or drove chisel.
Herdnoun
a group of cattle or sheep or other domestic mammals all of the same kind that are herded by humans
Drovenoun
a group of animals (a herd or flock) moving together
Herdnoun
a group of wild animals of one species that remain together: antelope or elephants or seals or whales or zebra
Drovenoun
a moving crowd
Herdnoun
a crowd especially of ordinary or undistinguished persons or things;
‘his brilliance raised him above the ruck’; ‘the children resembled a fairy herd’;
Drovenoun
a stonemason's chisel with a broad edge for dressing stone
Herdverb
cause to herd, drive, or crowd together;
‘We herded the children into a spare classroom’;
Herdverb
move together, like a herd
Herdverb
keep, move, or drive animals;
‘Who will be herding the cattle when the cowboy dies?’;
Herd
A herd is a social group of certain animals of the same species, either wild or domestic. The form of collective animal behavior associated with this is called herding.
