herd

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

   a herd of cattle

2. Any collection of animals gathered or travelling in a company.
3. (now usually derogatory) A crowd, a mass of people; now usually pejorative: a rabble.

1. To unite or associate in a herd; to feed or run together, or in company.

   Sheep herd on many hills.

2. To unite or associate in a herd

   He is employed to herd the goats.

3. To associate; to ally oneself with, or place oneself among, a group or company.

noun

Someone who keeps a group of domestic animals; a herdsman.

1. To act as a herdsman or a shepherd.
2. To form or put into a herd.

   I heard the herd of cattle being herded home from a long way away.