HERD

I. noun Etymology: Middle English, from Old English heord; akin to Old High German herta ~, Middle Welsh cordd troop, Lithuanian kerdžius shep~ Date: before 12th century 1. a number of animals of one kind kept together under human control, a congregation of gregarious wild animals, 2. a. a group of people usually having a common bond , a large assemblage of like things, the undistinguished masses ; crowd , ~like adjective II. verb Date: 13th century transitive verb 1. to gather, lead, or drive as if in a ~ , to keep or move (animals) together, to place in a group, intransitive verb to assemble or move in a ~, to place oneself in a group ; associate