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Look up: herd

  1. herd
    [n] - a group of wild animals of one species that remain together: antelope or elephants or seals or whales or zebra 2. [n] - a group of cattle or sheep or other domestic mammals all of the same kind that are herded by humans 3. [v] - keep, move, or drive animals 4. [v] - cause to herd, drive, or crowd together 5. [v] - move together, like a herd
    Found on http://www.webdictionary.co.uk/definitio

  2. HERD
    Higher Education Regional Development Fund.
    Found on http://www.teachernet.gov.uk/educationov

  3. herd
    a person who tends livestock on a range Category: agriculture, fisheries, forestry - food processing industries
    Found on http://www.mijnwoordenboek.nl/definition

  4. Herd
    Herd adjective Haired. [ Obsolete] Chaucer.
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/H/35

  5. Herd
    Herd noun [ Middle English herd , heord , Anglo-Saxon heord ; akin to Old High German herta ,G. herde , Icelandic hjör... , Swedish hjord , Danish hiord , Goth. haírda ; confer Sanskrit çardha troop, host.] 1. A number of beasts assembled together; as, a herd of horses, oxen, cattle, camels, elephants, deer, o ...
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/H/36

  6. Herd
    Herd noun [ Middle English hirde , herde , heorde , Anglo-Saxon hirde , hyrde , heorde ; akin to German hirt , hirte , Old High German hirti , Icelandic hir ... ir , Swedish herde , Danish hyrde , Goth. haírdeis . See 2d Herd .] One who herds or assembles domestic animals; a herdsman; -- ...
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/H/36

  7. Herd
    Herd intransitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Herded ; present participle & verbal noun Herding .] [ See 2d Herd .] 1. To unite or associate in a herd; to feed or run together, or in company; as, sheep herd on many hills. 2. To associate; to ally one's self with, or place one's self among, a group ...
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/H/36

  8. Herd
    Herd transitive verb To form or put into a herd.
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/H/36

  9. herd
    1. A number of beasts assembled together; as, a herd of horses, oxen, cattle, camels, elephants, deer, or swine; a particular stock or family of cattle. 'The lowing herd wind slowly o'er the lea.' (Gray) ... Herd is distinguished from flock, as being chiefly applied to the larger animals. A number of cattle, when driven to market, is called a drove. ...
    Found on http://www.mondofacto.com/facts/dictiona

  10. herd
    noun a group of cattle or sheep or other domestic mammals all of the same kind that are herded by humans
    Found on http://wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?

  11. herd
    verb move together, like a herd
    Found on http://wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?

  12. herd
    verb keep, move, or drive animals; `Who will be herding the cattle when the cowboy dies?`
    Found on http://wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?

  13. Herd
    A `herd` is a large group of animals. The term is usually applied to mammals, particularly ungulates. Other terms are used for similar phenomena in other types of animal. For example, a large group of birds is usually called a `flock` (this may also refer to certain mammals as well) and a large group of carnivores is usually called a `pack`. In addition, special collective nouns may be used for particular taxa: for example a flock of geese, if no...
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herd

  14. Herd
    • (n.) A crowd of low people; a rabble. • (v. i.) To unite or associate in a herd; to feed or run together, or in company; as, sheep herd on many hills. • (v. i.) To act as a herdsman or a shepherd. • (v. i.) To associate; to ally one`s self with, or place one`s self among, a group or company. • (n.) One who herds or assemb...
    Found on http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning

  15. herd
    (from the article `social behaviour in animals`) Mammals often form herds or packs. Many herds are more structured than bird societies, simply because many mammal groups are combined families plus ... It should not come as a surprise that Deinonychus was a social animal, because many animals today are gregarious and form groups. Fossil ...
    Found on http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/h/40

  16. herd
    A group of people or animals in a given area. [O.E. heord]
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21 November 2009

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On 21st November 1974 the Provisional IRA plants bombs in two Birmingham pubs: the Mulberry Bush and the Tavern in the Town. Twenty-one people die and 182 are injured. A few minutes before the explosions a warning had been telephoned to the local newspaper, the Birmingham Post and Mail, but it was far too late. The first Birmingham bomb, at the Mulberry Bush pub in the basement of the Rotunda, a 20-storey office and retail complex and it exploded six minutes after the telephone warning. There was not enough time for police to clear the area. Earlier that year nine soldiers were killed when a bomb exploded on a coach on the M62 near Bradford, while two bombs in Guildford killed four soldiers and injured scores of other people. read more

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