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群れ

group: 一定のつながりを持った人や動物の集団

crowd: 人の集団。群衆

herd: 獣の群れ

flock: 鳥、羊の群れ

school: 魚の群れ

swarm: 虫の群れ

pack: 猟犬・オオカミの群れ

pride: ライオンの群れ

flight: 飛んでいる鳥の群れ

drove: 移動中の羊・ウシなどの家畜の群れ

troop: 移動中のサル、アリなどの群れ

a large group of animals, especially hoofed mammals, that live, feed, or migrate together or are kept together as livestock:

〖単複両扱い〗(同種の動物の大きな)群れ〘特に牛･馬･ゾウなどの〙

e.g. a herd of elephants

e.g. large farms with big dairy herds.

derogatory a large group of people with a shared characteristic:

｟非難して｠ (人の)群れ; 〖the (common) ～; 単複両扱い〗 群衆, 民衆, 大衆(pack)

e.g. I dodged herds of joggers and cyclists

e.g. he is not of the common herd.

1. with adverbial of direction (with reference to a group of people or animals) move in a particular direction:

«…と» 群れをなす, 群れる, 集まる(together) «with» .

e.g. no object : we all herded into a storage room

〖～ A＋副詞〗 【場所に】A〈人〉を集める, 先導する «into»

e.g. with object : Nick herded me through the baggage claim and into his Jaguar.

2. with object keep or look after (livestock):

〈家畜〉の番をする

e.g. Hunter and Tripp herded sheep.

Old English heord, of Germanic origin; related to German Herde.