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Herde — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • drove noun A herd of animals being driven together, or a large moving crowd of people.
  • flock noun A group of birds, sheep, or other animals gathered or traveling together.
  • gregarious adjective Fond of company and naturally sociable, enjoying being among other people.
  • herd noun A large group of animals of one kind that live, feed, or move together.
  • mob noun A large, disorderly crowd, especially one acting in an unruly or aggressive way.
  • pace noun The speed at which something happens or someone moves.
  • pod noun A seed case of a plant, especially a legume, that splits open when ripe.

Senses

Herde is used for these senses in English:

  • drove A cattle drive or the herd being driven by it; thus, a number of cattle driven to market or new pastures.
  • flock A large number of animals associated together in a group; commonly used of sheep, but (dated) also used for goats, farmed animals, and a wide variety of animals.
  • gregarious (zoology) Of animals that travel in herds or packs.
  • herd A number of domestic animals assembled together under the watch or ownership of a keeper. [from 11th c.]
  • herd Any collection of animals gathered or travelling in a company. [from 13th c.]
  • mob (Australian Aboriginal) A group of Aboriginal people associated with an extended family group, clan group or wider community group, from a particular place or country.
  • pace (collective) A group of donkeys.
  • pod (collective, zoology) A group of whales, dolphins, seals, porpoises or hippopotami.

flock — full definition

  1. noun A group of birds, sheep, or other animals gathered or traveling together.
  2. noun A large crowd of people, especially the members of a particular church or congregation.
  3. verb To gather or travel together in large numbers.
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