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share herd

share herd is the alternative form of share-herd.

Meaning of share-herd

Verb

share-herd (third-person singular simple present share-herds, present participle share-herding, simple past and past participle share-herded)

  1. To care for the livestock that belong to someone else, in exchange for a percentage of the profits or offspring; to work as a shareherder.
    • Another goal was to raise the general level of herd productivity to that of herder-owned and managed herds from the lower level of productivity in herds containing a significant number of share-herded animals.1988, Jeremy Swift, Major Issues in Pastoral Development

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Forms of share herd

third-person singular presentshare herds
present participleshare herding
past participleshare herded
pastshare herded

Questions about share herd

What is share herd the alternative form of?
Share herd is the alternative form of share-herd.

Words near share herd in the dictionary

  1. share dilutions
  2. share economies
  3. share economy
  4. share forward accumulator
  5. share forward accumulators
  6. share herd
  7. share herded
  8. share herder
  9. share herders
  10. share herding
  11. share herds

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Adapted from Wiktionary: share herd (page history and authors); share-herd (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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