herd

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

a herd of cattle

a herd of sheep

Any collection of animals gathered or travelling in a company.

Zakouma is the last place on Earth where you can see more than a thousand elephants on the move in a single, compact herd.

Zebras can also be called a herd or a zeal.

A crowd, a mass of people or things; a rabble.

I was never one to follow the herd.

But far more numerous was the Herd of ſuch, / Who think too little, and who talk too much.

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

Sheep herd on many hills.

The women bunched up in little droves and let their tongues clack, and the men herded together and passed a jug around and, to tell the truth, let their tongues clack too.

To unite or associate in a herd

To manage, care for or guard a herd

He is employed to herd the goats.

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

I’ll herd among his Friends, and ſeem One of the Number, […]

"[W]hy, I say, oh stranger, dost thou think that I herd here with barbarians lower than the beasts?"

To move, or be moved, in a group. (of both animals and people)

On alighting at the station, we were all herded over the footbridge and through a side exit.

Someone who keeps a group of domestic animals.

Near-synonym: herdsman

John Dodds, the herd who bode in the place, was standing at the door, and he looked to see who was on the road so late.