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| Main Entry: |
herd
[hurd]
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| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | gather; shepherd |
| Synonyms: | assemble, associate, collect, congregate, corral, drive, flock, force, goad, guide, huddle, lead, muster, poke, punch, rally, round up, run, scare up, spur |
| Notes: | heard means detected or perceived by the sense of hearing while a herd is a group of wild animals of one species that remain together |
| Antonyms: | disperse, scatter |
| Main Entry: | domesticate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | tame; habituate |
| Synonyms: | acclimatize, accustom, break, break in, breed, bring up, bust, corral, domiciliate, familiarize, gentle, herd, hitch, housetrain, naturalize, raise, reclaim, round up, subdue, teach, train, yoke |
| Main Entry: | drive |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | move or urge on |
| Synonyms: | act upon, actuate, animate, arouse, bulldoze, chase, coerce, compel, constrain, dog*, egg on, encourage, force, goad, goose, harass, hasten, herd, hound, hurl, hurry, hustle, impel, induce, inspire, instigate, kick, lean on, make, motivate, nag, oblige, overburden, overwork, pound, press, pressure, prod, prompt, propel, provoke, push, put up to, railroad, ride herd on, rouse, rush, send, shepherd, shove, spirit up, spur, steamroll, stimulate, work on, worry |
| Antonyms: | check, curb, discourage, dissuade, halt, repress, retard, stop |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | flock |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | congregate |
| Synonyms: | collect, converge, crowd, gather, group, herd, huddle, mass, throng, troop |
| Antonyms: | disperse, separate, spread |
| Main Entry: | gather |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | come or bring together |
| Synonyms: | accumulate, aggregate, amass, assemble, associate, bunch up, capture, choose, close with, cluster, collect, concentrate, congregate, convene, converge, corral, crowd, cull, draw, draw in, flock, forgather, gang up, garner, get together, group, hang around, hang out*, heap, herd, hoard, huddle, make the scene, marshal, mass, meet, muster, pick, pile up, pluck, poke*, pour in, punch*, rally, reunite, round up, scare up, scrape together, show up, stack up, stockpile, swarm, throng, unite |
| Notes: | garner means to amass or acquire or reap; gather means to assemble or get together |
| Antonyms: | allot, deal, disperse, distribute, divide, scatter, separate, spread |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | huddle |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | meet, discuss |
| Synonyms: | bunch, cluster, confer, consult, converge, crouch, crowd, cuddle, curl up, draw together, flock, gather, herd, hug, hunch up, mass, nestle, parley, powwow, press, press close, snuggle, throng |
| Antonyms: | cancel |
| Main Entry: | oversee |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | manage, supervise |
| Synonyms: | baby-sit, be in driver's seat, boss, call the shots, captain, chaperon, command, eye*, herd, inspect, keep one's eye on, look after, overlook, quarterback, ride herd on, run the show, shepherd, sit on top of, skipper, superintend, survey, watch |
| Antonyms: | follow, obey |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | roundup |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | collection, collation |
| Synonyms: | assembly, branding, gathering, herding, marshalling, muster, rally, summary, survey |
| Antonyms: | dispersal, scattering |
| Main Entry: | round up |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | collect, gather |
| Synonyms: | assemble, bring in, bring together, cluster, drive, group, herd, marshal, muster, rally |
| Antonyms: | disperse, scatter |
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