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  1. 1. a. Haired. Source: opted
  2. 2. n. 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. Source: opted
  3. 3. n. A crowd of low people; a rabble. Source: opted
  4. 4. n. One who herds or assembles domestic animals; a herdsman; -- much used in composition; as, a shepherd; a goatherd, and the like. Source: opted
  5. 5. v. i. To unite or associate in a herd; to feed or run together, or in company; as, sheep herd on many hills. Source: opted
  6. 6. v. i. To associate; to ally one's self with, or place one's self among, a group or company. Source: opted
  7. 7. v. i. To act as a herdsman or a shepherd. Source: opted
  8. 8. v. t. To form or put into a herd. Source: opted
  9. 9. n. a group of cattle or sheep or other domestic mammals all of the same kind that are herded by humans Source: wordnet
  10. 10. n. a group of wild mammals of one species that remain together: antelope or elephants or seals or whales or zebra Source: wordnet
  11. 11. n. a crowd especially of ordinary or undistinguished persons or things Source: wordnet
  12. 12. v. cause to herd, drive, or crowd together Source: wordnet

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