herd (verb)

  • 21ride herd on — verb To supervise a group of people, such as workers, and/or their actions, i.e. their work. But Rabbit feels as though he owns it all, showing up at the showroom day after day, riding herd on the paperwork and the payroll [...]. Rabbit Is Rich… …

    Wiktionary

  • 22Wohlleben (Verb.) — 1. Leb wohl, du theures Land, das mir geboren, sang der Bettler und sprang in die Spree. 2. Leb wohl, Schneider! (Hirschberg.) Wenn die letzte Hoffnung verloren geht, das letzte Geld ausgegeben, der letzte Trumpf, die letzte Karte erfolglos… …

    Deutsches Sprichwörter-Lexikon

  • 23close-herd — ˈklōs+ transitive verb Etymology: close (V) West : to herd (cattle) in a close group …

    Useful english dictionary

  • 24Leben (Verb.) — 1. Allens, wat liewet, dat liewet gêrn. (Waldeck.) Holl.: Al, wat leven heeft ontvangen, gaat op losse en looze gangen. (Harrebomée, II, 19.) 2. Anders lebt man bei uns, anders zu Rom. 3. Aso lang man lebt, thur (darf) män nit reden; as män… …

    Deutsches Sprichwörter-Lexikon

  • 25staff-herd — ˈ ̷ ̷| ̷ ̷ transitive verb : to put (livestock) to graze especially in charge of a herdsman …

    Useful english dictionary

  • 26cattle — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ beef, dairy ▪ Highland, longhorn, shorthorn ▪ native ▪ wild ▪ …

    Collocations dictionary

  • 27elephant — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ African ▪ Asian, Indian ▪ bull, cow ▪ female, male ▪ …

    Collocations dictionary

  • 28sheep — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ hill (BrE), mountain ▪ lost (often figurative), stray ▪ the doleful cries of lost sheep ▪ He sees it as his duty to take care of the lost sheep …

    Collocations dictionary

  • 29cow — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ beef ▪ dairy, milch (BrE, often figurative), milk (esp. AmE) ▪ The region is treated as a milch cow by central government. ▪ sac …

    Collocations dictionary

  • 30goat — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ billy, male ▪ female, nanny ▪ wild ▪ mountain … OF GOATS …

    Collocations dictionary