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Originally Posted by sextile
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-- Are 'to herd.' the correct words applicable to cats? Cattle, maybe.
- The two collective nouns for domestic cats are 'Dout.' and 'Nuisance.'*; although trying to make a verb out of either might be difficult. ;-)
- * source: search-engine Google.
-- Bibi. --
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"herd" used as a verb, is not specific to any animal species and can be applied, informally, to people as well.
A shepherd herds sheep. [Assuming you've ever read the Bible, the Shepherd appearing in the New Testament is not all that involved with actual sheep]. A goatherd herds goats. A tour guide may herd her flock of tourist.
Considering your somewhat bizarre & incomprehensible use of abbreviations to cloak, though not completely, your inability to spell properly, it is odd that you would choose to correct (inappropriately) someone else's English.
If you like, I can make note of your nonstandard usage and spelling errors. It would be a full-time occupation, but if you found it useful and instructive ...
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Main Entry:2herd
Function:verb
Date:13th century
transitive verb
1 a: to gather, lead, or drive as if in a herd b: to keep or move (animals) together
2: to place in a group
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