Past tense of herd
regular verb
The past tense of herd is herded. The past participle is also herded.
Forms of herd
| Base form (V1) | herd /hɜːd/ |
|---|---|
| Past tense (V2) | herded |
| Past participle (V3) | herded |
| Present participle | herding |
| Third person singular | herds |
Herded in a sentence
- The women bunched up in little droves and let their tongues clack, and the men herded together and passed a jug around and, to tell the truth, let their tongues clack too.1953, Janice Holt Giles, The Kentuckians
- On alighting at the station, we were all herded over the footbridge and through a side exit.
- Women herded small livestocks such as goats and sheep.From the entry livestock
- He herded them into a small and evil toilet and then through a window.1958, Graham Greene, Our Man in Havana, Penguin, published 1979, Part Four, Chapter 1, p. 125. From the entry evil
- Stunned, I took the sicklelike corn knife Fowler thrust into my hands and let myself be herded out toward the cornfield.1979, Octavia Butler, Kindred. From the entry sicklelike
Meaning of herd
- noun A number of domestic animals assembled together under the watch or ownership of a keeper.
- noun Any collection of animals gathered or travelling in a company.
- noun A crowd, a mass of people or things; a rabble.
Questions about the past tense of herd
- What is the past tense of herd?
- The past tense of herd is herded.
- What is the past participle of herd?
- The past participle of herd is herded.
- Is herd a regular or irregular verb?
- Herd is a regular verb: its past tense adds -ed.
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: herd (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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