Shepherd - definition, pronunciation, transcription
Amer.
|ˈʃepərd|
Brit.
|ˈʃepəd|
noun
- a clergyman who watches over a group of people
- a herder of sheep (on an open range); someone who keeps the sheep together in a flock (syn: sheepman)
- a herder of sheep (on an open range); someone who keeps the sheep together in a flock (syn: sheepman)
verb
- watch over like a shepherd, as a teacher of her pupils
- tend as a shepherd, as of sheep or goats
- tend as a shepherd, as of sheep or goats
Extra examples
He shepherded the old people towards the dining room.
The tour guides shepherded the rest of the group onto the bus.
...an illustrative analogy in which the relationship between God and humanity is likened to that between a shepherd and his flock...
The shepherd delivered a terrific facer upon our friend.
Sheep are tended by a shepherd.
Shepherd's case was prejudged by the media before her trial.
...the famous Dead Sea Scrolls were discovered in a long-forgotten grot by a shepherd boy...
The shepherd unpenned and freed the sheep.
Word forms
verb
I/you/we/they: shepherd
he/she/it: shepherds
present participle: shepherding
past tense: shepherded
past participle: shepherded
I/you/we/they: shepherd
he/she/it: shepherds
present participle: shepherding
past tense: shepherded
past participle: shepherded
noun
singular: shepherd
plural: shepherds
singular: shepherd
plural: shepherds
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