herd noun
1 group of animals
ADJ. great, large | small | beef, breeding, dairy The farm has only a small dairy herd. | cattle, elephant, etc.
HERD + NOUN instinct
PREP. in a/the ~ The animals tend to graze in a herd. | ~ of a large herd of cows
PHRASES a member of a herd
2 group of people
ADJ. common
VERB + HERD follow If you feel so strongly, why follow the herd (= do the same as everybody else)? | stand out from She prided herself on standing out from the common herd (= being different from ordinary people).
HERD + NOUN instinct
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