[
UK
/ʃˈɛpəd/
]
[ US /ˈʃɛpɝd/ ]
[ US /ˈʃɛpɝd/ ]
VERB
- tend as a shepherd, as of sheep or goats
- watch over like a shepherd, as a teacher of her pupils
NOUN
- a herder of sheep (on an open range); someone who keeps the sheep together in a flock
- a clergyman who watches over a group of people
How To Use shepherd In A Sentence
- This pattern of stimulus and response is parallel to the way that a shepherd might train his sheepdog.
- The requests were the old ones: portraits of pretty mistresses done up as Arcadian shepherdesses, Virgins with downcast eyes and brilliant blue cloaks, sentimentalised pictures of the Infant Christ.
- Hence the quotation from ‘Shepherd's Hey ’, which is skilfully counterpointed with the ‘Enigma’ theme in bar 25.
- The flock receives virtually no historical background from its shepherd - who is believed to be the definitive authority on such matters.
- The tour guides shepherded the rest of the group onto the bus.
- Two shepherd 's huts provide wood-burning cosiness and an en suite bathroom under the trees. Times, Sunday Times
- Through an intricate series of hand gestures and melodic whistles, she quickly garnered its trust and shepherded it into our gated, side yard.
- A shepherd watched his flock through binoculars and his sheepdog watched from the back of the quadbike.
- Shepherd was of medium height and slightish build with a serious manner but a dry sense of humour.
- Rare arable flowers such as shepherd's needle, the cornflower and marigolds thrive in the fallow land, encouraging insects as food for birds.