shepherd
Part of speech: noun
verb
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: Christianity
Etymology: From Middle English schepherde, from Old English sċēaphierde, a compound of sċēap (“sheep”) and hierde (“herdsman”), equivalent to modern sheep + herd (“herder”).
Base: sheep
Inflected forms:
form: shepherds
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: shepherds
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: shepherding
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: shepherded
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: shepherded
pos: verb
tags: past
Senses:
gloss: A person who tends sheep, especially a grazing flock.
pos: noun
tags: countable
examples: It was April 22, 1831, and a young man was walking down Whitehall in the direction of Parliament Street. He wore shepherd's plaid trousers and the swallow-tail coat of the day, with a figured muslin cravat wound about his wide-spread collar.
gloss: A person who tends sheep, especially a grazing flock.
pos: noun
tags: countable
gloss: Someone who watches over, looks after, or guides somebody.
pos: noun
tags: countable
figuratively
examples: The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want.
gloss: Someone who watches over, looks after, or guides somebody.
pos: noun
tags: countable
figuratively
gloss: The pastor of a church; one who guides others in religion.
pos: noun
tags: countable
figuratively
gloss: The pastor of a church; one who guides others in religion.
pos: noun
tags: countable
figuratively
gloss: A swain; a rustic male lover.
pos: noun
tags: countable
poetic
gloss: A German Shepherd.
pos: noun
tags: countable
examples: The dirt floor, low ceiling and unfinished stone walls were barely illuminated by candles and a dim string of green decorative lights. A nervous shepherd mix barked at me as a woman tried to calm it. When my eyes adjusted, I saw people in corners.
gloss: To watch over; to guide.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: For me has Pain, the sentinel, / Been vigilant / To pace my plot and dwell / Within my tent; / Oft in the night with small alarms / Has stirred me out of rest, / Alert, oppressed, / Till shepherded within thine arms / And on thy breast, / O loving Lady, in the curse of Pain / I have been blest— / […]
Each entry in this volume was assigned to a different preeminent scholar who was responsible for shepherding that specific entry, and that specific entry alone, into being.
gloss: To obstruct an opponent from getting to the ball, either when a teammate has it or is going for it, or if the ball is about to bounce through the goal or out of bounds.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
Related words: bearherd
cowherd
goatherd
gooseherd
herd
herder
herding dog
herd instinct
herd's grass
herdsman
Herdsman
herdswoman
hogherd
horseherd
neatherd
oxherd
swanherd
swineherd
Derived words: archshepherd
Australian Shepherd
Carpathian Shepherd
Catalan Shepherd
Caucasian shepherd
Caucasian shepherd dog
chief shepherd
German shepherd
idol shepherd
overshepherd
pack-shepherd
Shepherd
shepherdage
shepherd dog
shepherder
shepherdess
shepherdhood
shepherdish
Shepherdism
shepherdism
shepherd king
shepherd kings
shepherdless
shepherdlike
shepherdling
shepherdly
shepherd moon
shepherd satellite
Shepherd's Bush
shepherd's crook
shepherdship
shepherd's knot
shepherd's needle
shepherd spider
shepherd's pie
shepherd's pipe
shepherd's pouch
shepherd's purse
shepherd tree
shepherdy
Shepperton
undershepherd
unshepherded
Translations:
lang: Afrikaans
word: skaapwagter
lang: Aghwan
word: 𐔰𐕚𐔴𐕔
roman: asef
lang: Albanian
word: bari
lang: Albanian
word: çoban
lang: Southern Altai
word: малчы
roman: malčï
lang: Southern Altai
word: кӱдӱчи
roman: küdüči
lang: Southern Altai
word: койчы
roman: koyčï
lang: Southern Altai
word: чабан
roman: čaban
lang: Ao
word: sannüker (Chungli)
lang: Arabic
word: رَاعٍ
roman: rāʕin
lang: Arabic
word: راعي
roman: rāʕi
lang: Arabic
word: سارح
roman: særəḥ
lang: Arabic
word: سارْحة
roman: særḥa
lang: Armenian
word: հովիվ
roman: hoviv
lang: Armenian
word: չոբան
roman: čʻoban
lang: Aromanian
word: picurar
lang: Aromanian
word: uiar
lang: Assamese
word: ভেৰাৰখীয়া
roman: bherarokhia
lang: Asturian
word: pastor
lang: Asturian
word: oveyeru
lang: Azerbaijani
word: çoban
lang: Bakhtiari
word: شوں
roman: šõw
lang: Bashkir
word: көтөүсе
roman: kötöwse
lang: Basque
word: artzain
lang: Belarusian
word: пасту́х
roman: pastúx
lang: Belarusian
word: па́стыр
roman: pástyr
lang: Breton
word: bugul
lang: Bulgarian
word: пасти́р
roman: pastír
lang: Burmese
word: သိုးထိန်း
roman: sui:htin:
lang: Catalan
word: pastor
lang: Chichewa
word: mbusa
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 牧羊人
roman: mùyángrén
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 羊倌
roman: yángguān
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 牧民
roman: mùmín
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 牧人
roman: mùrén
lang: Coptic
word: ⲙⲁⲛⲉⲥⲟⲟⲩ
roman: manesoou
lang: Cornish
word: bugel
lang: Czech
word: pastýř
lang: Czech
word: pasák
lang: Danish
word: fårehyrde
lang: Dutch
word: herder
lang: Dutch
word: schaapherder
lang: Esperanto
word: ŝafisto
lang: Esperanto
word: ŝafistino
lang: Esperanto
word: paŝtisto
lang: Estonian
word: karjus
lang: Estonian
word: lambur
lang: Finnish
word: lammaspaimen
lang: French
word: berger
lang: French
word: bergère
lang: French
word: pasteur
lang: French
word: pâtre
lang: French
word: pastoureau
lang: Friulian
word: piorâr
lang: Friulian
word: fedâr
lang: Friulian
word: pastôr
lang: Galician
word: pastor
lang: Galician
word: pegureiro
lang: Galician
word: ovelleiro
lang: Georgian
word: მწყემსი
roman: mc̣q̇emsi
lang: Georgian
word: მეცხვარე
roman: mecxvare
lang: Georgian
word: ჩობანი
roman: čobani
lang: German
word: Schäfer
lang: German
word: Schafhirt
lang: German
word: Hirt(e)
lang: Gothic
word: 𐌷𐌰𐌹𐍂𐌳𐌴𐌹𐍃
roman: hairdeis
lang: Greek
word: βοσκός
roman: voskós
lang: Greek
word: τσοπάνης
roman: tsopánis
lang: Ancient Greek
word: ποιμήν
roman: poimḗn
lang: Mycenaean Greek
word: 𐀡𐀕
roman: po-me
lang: Hebrew
word: רוֹעֶה
roman: ro'é
lang: Hindi
word: गड़ेरिया
roman: gaṛeriyā
lang: Hindi
word: चूपान
roman: cūpān
lang: Hungarian
word: pásztor
lang: Hungarian
word: juhász
lang: Hunsrik
word: Schefer
lang: Hunsrik
word: Schefrin
lang: Icelandic
word: hirðir
lang: Icelandic
word: fjárhirðir
lang: Icelandic
word: smali
lang: Icelandic
word: smalamaður
lang: Irish
word: aoire
lang: Irish
word: tréadaí
lang: Irish
word: buachaill caorach
lang: Middle Irish
word: áegaire
lang: Old Irish
word: oegaire
lang: Italian
word: pastore
lang: Italian
word: pecoraio
lang: Italian
word: pecoraro
lang: Japanese
word: 羊飼い
roman: hitsujikai
lang: Japanese
word: 牧人
roman: bokujin
lang: Kazakh
word: малшы
roman: malşy
lang: Kazakh
word: қойшы
roman: qoişy
lang: Khmer
word: មេសបាល
roman: meisaʼbaal
lang: Khmer
word: មេសបាលី
roman: meisaʼbaalii
lang: Kikuyu
word: mũrĩithi
lang: Korean
word: 목자
roman: mokja
lang: Korean
word: 양치기
roman: yangchigi
lang: Central Kurdish
word: شوان
roman: şwan
lang: Northern Kurdish
word: şivan
lang: Kyrgyz
word: малчы
roman: malcı
lang: Lao
word: ຄົນລ້ຽງແກະ
roman: khon līang kæ
lang: Latin
word: pastor
lang: Latin
word: ūpiliō
lang: Latin
word: pecorarius
lang: Latvian
word: gans
lang: Lezgi
word: чубан
roman: čuban
lang: Ligurian
word: pastô
lang: Lithuanian
word: piemuo
lang: Luxembourgish
word: Schéifer
lang: Macedonian
word: овчар
roman: ovčar
lang: Macedonian
word: пастир
roman: pastir
lang: Macedonian
word: чобан
roman: čoban
lang: Malagasy
word: mpiandry
lang: Malay
word: gembala
lang: Malay
word: penggembala
lang: Maltese
word: ragħaj
lang: Manx
word: bochil
lang: Mazanderani
word: کرد
roman: kərd
lang: Mazanderani
word: گسن کرد
roman: gəsan kərd
lang: Mazanderani
word: چپون
roman: chappun
lang: Middle English
word: schepherde
lang: Mongolian
word: хоньчин
roman: xonʹčin
lang: Mongolian
word: ᠬᠣᠨᠢᠴᠢᠨ
roman: qoničin
lang: Navajo
word: naʼniłkaadí
lang: Norwegian Bokmål
word: gjeter
lang: Norwegian Bokmål
word: hyrde
lang: Norwegian Nynorsk
word: gjetar
lang: Norwegian Nynorsk
word: hjuring
lang: Occitan
word: pastre
lang: Occitan
word: oelhièr
lang: Old Occitan
word: pastor
lang: Old English
word: sċēaphierde
lang: Ossetian
word: фиййау
roman: fijjaw
lang: Pashto
word: شپون
roman: špon, špun
lang: Persian
word: چوپان
roman: čupân
lang: Persian
word: چوپون
roman: čupun
lang: Persian
word: شبان
roman: šobân, šabân
lang: Persian
word: شوان
roman: šovân, šavân
lang: Persian
word: چوبان
roman: čubân
lang: Plautdietsch
word: Hoad
lang: Polabian
word: postarnĕk
lang: Polish
word: pasterz
lang: Polish
word: pastuch
lang: Polish
word: baraniarz
lang: Polish
word: owczarz
lang: Portuguese
word: pastor
lang: Portuguese
word: pegureiro
lang: Portuguese
word: ovelheiro
lang: Romanian
word: cioban
lang: Romanian
word: oier
lang: Romanian
word: păstor
lang: Romanian
word: păcurar
lang: Russian
word: пасту́х
roman: pastúx
lang: Russian
word: пасту́шка
roman: pastúška
lang: Russian
word: овча́р
roman: ovčár
lang: Russian
word: чаба́н
roman: čabán
lang: Northern Sami
word: geahčči
lang: Sanskrit
word: अविपाल
roman: avipāla
lang: Sardinian
word: pastori
lang: Sardinian
word: berbecarju
lang: Sardinian
word: berbecàlgiu
lang: Sardinian
word: berbegarzu
lang: Scots
word: shepherd
lang: Scottish Gaelic
word: buachaill-chaorach
lang: Scottish Gaelic
word: cìobair
lang: Scottish Gaelic
word: aoghaire
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: па̀стӣр
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: чо̀бан
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: о̀вча̄р
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: pàstīr
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: čòban
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: òvčār
lang: Sicilian
word: pasturi
lang: Sicilian
word: picuraru
lang: Slovak
word: pastier
lang: Slovene
word: pastir
lang: Spanish
word: pastor
lang: Spanish
word: ovejero
lang: Sumerian
word: 𒉺𒇻
roman: SIPA
lang: Swahili
word: mchungaji
lang: Swedish
word: fåraherde
lang: Tabasaran
word: габан
roman: gaban
lang: Tajik
word: чӯпон
roman: čüpon
lang: Tarifit
word: aniči
lang: Tarifit
word: ameysa
lang: Tatar
word: көтүче
roman: kötüçe
lang: Thai
word: เมษบาล
roman: mêet-sà-baan
lang: Thai
word: คนเลี้ยง
lang: Turkish
word: çoban
lang: Ottoman Turkish
word: چوبان
roman: çoban
lang: Turkmen
word: çopan
lang: Tuvan
word: хойжу
roman: xoyju
lang: Ugaritic
word: 𐎗𐎓𐎊
roman: rʿy
lang: Ukrainian
word: пасту́х
roman: pastúx
lang: Ukrainian
word: па́стир
roman: pástyr
lang: Urdu
word: چوپان
roman: cūpān
lang: Uyghur
word: چۇپان
roman: chupan
lang: Uzbek
word: cho'pon
lang: Venetan
word: pastor
lang: Venetan
word: piegoràro
lang: Vietnamese
word: người chăn cừu
lang: Volapük
word: jipigaledan
lang: Volapük
word: galedanapul
lang: Volapük
word: galedanahipul
lang: Volapük
word: galedanajipul
lang: Walloon
word: bierdjî
lang: Walloon
word: biedjresse
lang: Welsh
word: bugail
lang: Yiddish
word: פּאַסטעך
roman: pastekh
lang: Yiddish
word: פּאַסטושקע
roman: pastushke
lang: Zazaki
word: şıwane (diq)
lang: Zazaki
word: şıwani
lang: Afrikaans
word: herder
lang: Arabic
word: رَاعٍ
roman: rāʕin
lang: Catalan
word: pastor
lang: Danish
word: hyrde
lang: Dutch
word: herder
lang: Finnish
word: paimen
lang: German
word: Hirt
lang: German
word: Hirte
lang: German
word: Hirtin
lang: German
word: Hüter
lang: German
word: Hüterin
lang: Hebrew
word: רוֹעֶה
roman: ro'é
lang: Italian
word: pastore
lang: Central Kurdish
word: شوان
roman: şiwan
lang: Northern Kurdish
word: şivan
lang: Macedonian
word: ќаја
roman: ḱaja
lang: Macedonian
word: пастир
roman: pastir
lang: Maltese
word: ragħaj
lang: Maltese
word: mexxej
lang: Middle English
word: schepherde
lang: Old English
word: hierde
lang: Persian
word: راهنما
roman: rāhnamā
lang: Persian
word: نگهبان
roman: negahbān
lang: Portuguese
word: pastor
lang: Romanian
word: păstor
lang: Russian
word: па́стырь
roman: pástyrʹ
lang: Scots
word: shepherd
lang: Swedish
word: herde
lang: Welsh
word: bugail