noun

• (now usually derogatory) A crowd, a mass of people or things; a rabble.
  "I was never one to follow the herd."

verb

• (intransitive) To unite or associate in a herd; to feed or run together, or in company.
  "Sheep herd on many hills."
• (transitive) To unite or associate in a herd
• (transitive) To manage, care for or guard a herd
  "He is employed to herd the goats."
• (intransitive) 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, […]"

noun

• (now rare) Someone who keeps a group of domestic animals.
  "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."

verb

• (intransitive, Scotland) To act as a herdsman or a shepherd.
• (transitive) To form or put into a herd.
• (transitive) To move or drive a herd.
  "I heard the herd of cattle being herded home from a long way away."