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Herd

Noun CEFR C1 Standard
hɜːd

Definitions

  1. Someone who keeps a group of domestic animals.
  2. A surname.
  3. A number of domestic animals assembled together under the watch or ownership of a keeper.
  4. Any collection of animals gathered or travelling in a company.
  5. A crowd, a mass of people or things; a rabble.

Equivalents

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हिन्दीकुलझुंड
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한국어군중무리
Кыргызчаүйүр
LëtzebuergeschHäerd
ລາວໝູ່
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Examples

“a herd of cattle
“a herd of sheep
“a herd of goats
The lowing herd wind slowly o’er the lea.”
“Zakouma is the last place on Earth where you can see more than a thousand elephants on the move in a single, compact herd.”
Zebras can also be called a herd or a zeal.”
“I was never one to follow the herd.”
But far more numerous was the Herd of ſuch, / Who think too little, and who talk too much.”
You can never interest the common herd in the abstract question.”
There were herds of leather sofas and enough computers to ensure that no prospective matriculant or visiting parent could enter a room and not see at least one available keyboard, not even in the dining hall or field house.”
Near-synonym: herdsman
John Dodds, the herd who bode in the place, was standing at the door, and he looked to see who was on the road so late.”
Any talent which gives a good new thing to others is a miracle, but commentators have thought it extra miraculous that England's first known poet was an illiterate herd.”

CEFR level

C1
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This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.
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