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.

One who herds or assembles domestic animals; a herdsman; -- much used in composition; as, a shepherd; a goatherd, and the like.

To associate; to ally one's self with, or place one's self among, a group or company.

To act as a herdsman or a shepherd.

A crowd of low people; a rabble.

a crowd especially of ordinary or undistinguished persons or things; "his brilliance raised him above the ruck"; "the children resembled a fairy herd"

cause to herd, drive, or crowd together; "We herded the children into a spare classroom"

To unite or associate in a herd; to feed or run together, or in company; as, sheep herd on many hills.

among geladas, a large social unit consisting of several bands that come together under very good grazing conditions.

move together, like a herd