Check Dictionary

Find out more about word, its definitions etc.

Valid in these dictionaries

TWL/NWL (Scrabble US/CA/TH)
SOWPODS/CSW (Scrabble UK / ALL)
ENABLE (Words with Friends)

Meaning of herd

1 definition found

From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  herd
      n 1: a group of cattle or sheep or other domestic mammals all of
           the same kind that are herded by humans
      2: a group of wild mammals of one species that remain together:
         antelope or elephants or seals or whales or zebra
      3: a crowd especially of ordinary or undistinguished persons or
         things; "his brilliance raised him above the ruck"; "the
         children resembled a fairy herd" [syn: {ruck}, {herd}]
      v 1: cause to herd, drive, or crowd together; "We herded the
           children into a spare classroom" [syn: {herd}, {crowd}]
      2: move together, like a herd
      3: keep, move, or drive animals; "Who will be herding the cattle
         when the cowboy dies?"

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

Use this dictionary checker to learn more about a word - find out its meaning and also make sure whether that word is a valid word in any of these dictionaries (used by popular word games). Here is the list of dictionaries it checks for :

OCTWL / TWL : The official dictionary for scrabble game in United States, Canada and Thailand.
SOWPODS / CSW : UK and the rest of the world uses this dictionary for various word games including scrabble.
ENABLE - This is the default dictionary for Words with Friends.

The dictionary checker is also good at solving any issue with a disputed word when you're playing scramble games gainst your friends or family members. As a bonus, you also learn new words while having fun!

Back to Word Unscrambler