herd
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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- core relation
- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
a group of cattle or sheep or other domestic mammals all of the same kind that are herded by humans
Types & categories
- animal group hypernym
- remuda hyponym
Parts & wholes
Related & opposite
- herd derivation
Sense 2 verb
cause to herd, drive, or crowd together
We herded the children into a spare classroom
Types & categories
Related & opposite
Sense 3 noun
a group of wild mammals of one species that remain together: antelope or elephants or seals or whales or zebra
Types & categories
- animal group hypernym
- gam hyponym
Related & opposite
- herd derivation
Sense 4 verb
move together, like a herd
Types & categories
- crowd together hypernym
Related & opposite
- ruck derivation
Sense 5 noun
a crowd especially of ordinary or undistinguished persons or things
his brilliance raised him above the ruck
Types & categories
- concourse hypernym
Related & opposite
Sense 6 verb
keep, move, or drive animals
Who will be herding the cattle when the cowboy dies?
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Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | herd |
| 1 | member meronym | Parts & wholes | cattle |
| 1 | member meronym | Parts & wholes | sheep |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | animal group |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | remuda |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | crowd |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | ruck |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | herdsman |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | crowding |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | move |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | overcrowd |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | herd |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | animal group |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | gam |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | ruck |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | crowd together |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | herd |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | herd |
| 5 | hypernym | Types & categories | concourse |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | herd |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | herd |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | herdsman |
| 6 | hypernym | Types & categories | keep |
| 6 | hyponym | Types & categories | wrangle |