herd

Noun

• a crowd especially of ordinary or undistinguished persons or things
  • his brilliance raised him above the ruck
    
  • the children resembled a fairy herd
    

• a group of wild mammals of one species that remain together: antelope or elephants or seals or whales or zebra

• a group of cattle or sheep or other domestic mammals all of the same kind that are herded by humans

Verb

• keep, move, or drive animals
  • Who will be herding the cattle when the cowboy dies?
    

• move together, like a herd

• cause to herd, drive, or crowd together
  • We herded the children into a spare classroom
    

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  ruck , crowd