Herd and Number

Herd

Herd noun - A group of domestic animals assembled or herded together.

Number and herd are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Number" instead the word "Herd" as a noun or a verb.

Nearby Words: herded, herdsman, herder, herding

Number

Number noun - A character used to represent a mathematical value.

Herd and number are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Herd" instead the word "Number" as a noun or a verb.

Nearby Words: numberless, numbered, numbering

How words are described

small small herd small number
massive massive herd massive number
large large herd large number
big big herd big number
Other adjectives: enormous, huge, little, new, vast, larger, smaller, sizable.

Common collocations

person herd person number person
prey herd prey number prey
fleet herd fleet number fleet

Both words in one sentence

  • Series / Big Train A number of sketches feature people inexplicably behaving like animals, such as a herd of jockeys being stalked by The Artist Formerly Known As Prince.
  • Series / Rawhide Number Two: Rowdy (although Favor will sometimes leave the herd with Pete instead).
  • Hydra Problem There's also a classic math problem involving hydra herds in which every blow which fails to kill a hydra spawns a number of duplicates of the damaged hydra equal to the number of blows which the entire herd has received.
    Source: Hydra Problem
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