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herds

Definitions, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for herds.

Editorial note

The problem is that we know that those herds can be entirely wipped in the blink of an eye.

Examples15
Definitions4
Parts of speech1

Quick take

A number of domestic animals assembled together under the watch or ownership of a keeper.

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of herds gathered in one view.

noun

A number of domestic animals assembled together under the watch or ownership of a keeper.

noun

Any collection of animals gathered or travelling in a company.

noun

A surname.

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for herds.

noun

A number of domestic animals assembled together under the watch or ownership of a keeper.

noun

Any collection of animals gathered or travelling in a company.

noun

A surname.

noun

(now usually derogatory) A crowd, a mass of people or things; a rabble.

Example sentences

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The problem is that we know that those herds can be entirely wipped in the blink of an eye.

2

Therefore the native Americans had no contact with herds of animals that would have bred diseases of that kind.

3

Acknowledging that fact could result in rules requiring ranchers who graze their cows on public lands to better manage their herds.

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As a result, we have tech workers from all over the planet, but no herds of cheap labour from India.

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At least a place in Ukraine (and maybe other in Roskow and Palmyra) have small herds of 50-250 animals running free in big enclosures.

6

August 1989) where they studied the infrasound communications of wild elephant herds.

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If their cows fed only or mainly on grass, dairy pastures could only support small herds, and dairy would be a very expensive luxury item.

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Good security software gently herds the non-expert to make good choices.

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Of course bikes do get stolen as everywhere else so locks are obligatory, but herds work for bikes as well as they work for herbivores.

10

What about insect colonies, animal herds, bird flocks, and corporations?

11

Nobody is raising large cattle herds down in farm country.

12

Now, it's a fringe thing, and my parents routinely see herds of 100+ deer at night -- when you drive up their road at night, it's spooky...

Quote examples

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There's been modern experimentation with "intensive grazing" to emulate what the early bison herds did to grasslands.

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Forget whether the AI is "good" and showers us with love and gifts or "evil" and herds us all into death camps to render down our fats for the calories they contain...

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It's kind-of the same as saying "lions keep the antelope herds healthy" which is technically true, but only because they are the mechanism by which the less healthy antelopes stop being a part of the herd.

Frequently asked questions

Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.

How do you use herds in a sentence?

The problem is that we know that those herds can be entirely wipped in the blink of an eye.

What does herds mean?

A number of domestic animals assembled together under the watch or ownership of a keeper.

What part of speech is herds?

herds is commonly used as noun.