crew vs herd

crew

noun
  • A pen for livestock such as chickens or pigs 

  • The sport of competitive rowing. 

  • A rowing team manning a single shell. 

  • A close group of friends. 

  • A group of people (often staff) manning and operating a large facility or piece of equipment such as a factory, ship, boat, airplane, or spacecraft. 

  • A group of Rovers. 

  • A member of the crew of a vessel or plant. 

  • The group of workers on a dramatic production who are not part of the cast. 

  • A member of a ship's company who is not an officer. 

  • A set of individuals lumped together by the speaker. 

  • A hip-hop or b-boying group. 

  • The Manx shearwater. 

  • A group of people working together on a task. 

  • A worker on a dramatic production who is not part of the cast. 

verb
  • To do the proper work of a sailor 

  • To supply workers or sailors for a crew 

  • To be a member of a work or production crew 

  • To take on, recruit (new) crew 

  • To be a member of a vessel's crew 

herd

noun
  • A number of domestic animals assembled together under the watch or ownership of a keeper. 

  • Any collection of animals gathered or travelling in a company. 

  • A crowd, a mass of people or things; a rabble. 

verb
  • To manage, care for or guard a herd 

  • To act as a herdsman or a shepherd. 

  • To unite or associate in a herd 

  • To move or drive a herd. 

  • To associate; to ally oneself with, or place oneself among, a group or company. 

  • To unite or associate in a herd; to feed or run together, or in company. 

  • To form or put into a herd. 

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