herd

Meanings

• a group of cattle or sheep or other domestic mammals all of the same kind that are herded by humans
• a group of wild mammals of one species that remain together: antelope or elephants or seals or whales or zebra
• a crowd especially of ordinary or undistinguished persons or things
  • "the children resembled a fairy herd"
• cause to herd, drive, or crowd together
  • "We herded the children into a spare classroom"
• move together, like a herd
• keep, move, or drive animals
  • "Who will be herding the cattle when the cowboy dies?"

Synonyms

crowd, ruck