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Verb
/ˈSHepərd/,
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shepherds, plural;
  1. Tend (sheep) as a shepherd

  2. Give guidance to (someone), esp. on spiritual matters
    • - she had to submit the control of her career and money to a group who shepherded her
  3. Guide or direct in a particular direction
    • - we were shepherded around with great ceremony
Noun
  1. A person who tends and rears sheep

  2. A member of the clergy who provides spiritual care and guidance for a congregation

  1. a clergyman who watches over a group of people
  2. watch over like a shepherd, as a teacher of her pupils
  3. tend as a shepherd, as of sheep or goats
  4. sheepherder: a herder of sheep (on an open range); someone who keeps the sheep together in a flock
  5. Shepherding is a tactic and skill in Australian rules football, a team sport.
  6. This article is about characters in the television series Firefly.
  7. Shepherd, Shepard, Sheppard, Shephard and Shepperd are surnames and given names, and alternative spellings and cognates of the English word "Shepherd".
  8. The Shepherd is a 1976 novella by Frederick Forsyth. Forsyth created as an original work as a Christmas gift to his wife after she requested a ghost story be written for her. ...
  9. The Shepherd is a poem from William Blake's Songs of Innocence (1784), later included in his joint collection Songs of Innocence and of Experience (1794).
  10. A person who tends sheep; Someone who watches over, looks after, or guides somebody; To watch over; to guide; For a player 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
  11. (Shepherded) guide or direct in a particular direction [also, tend sheep as a shepherd; although that is not the way Ishmael is using the word here] (page 169)
  12. (Shepherds) Journalists who are either jobless or on leave from their news organizations and act as guides to reporters covering a a particular candidate or party. ...
  13. (Shepherds) people escorting slaves
  14. (shepherds) (n.): dogs bred to herd sheep. See a picture of a shepherd.
  15. (shepherds) It's the people that take care of the sheep.
  16. To see shepherds in your dreams watching their flocks, portends bounteous crops and pleasant relations for the farmer, also much enjoyment and profit for others. To see them in idleness, foretells sickness and bereavement.
  17. Usually a person who cares for sheep. However, in previous years, it was common to have herds which were made up of both sheep and goats, in which case the term shepherd was still employed.
  18. some element of the Udanax-gold persistence mechanism responsible for activating and deactivating objects re permanent storage.
  19. people who tend herds of livestock...in Biblical days, the livestock being goats and sheep. The shepherds, in "Shepherd's Field" between Jerusalem and Bethlehem, who heard the angelic announcement of the birth of Jesus became the first Jews to worship Jesus [see Magi, above].
  20. God is frequently described as a Shepherd. This was a nurturing term to describe the care given to His covenantal people. It also had political or ruling connotations. Yahweh is the Shepherd King (Ezekiel 34:1). ...
  21. A shepherd is a person who herd's livestock for a living, expressly sheep. Their job holds little reward and no grounds for improvement. It is very monotanous work, but it is the backbone of much of the industry of Britannia. Thusly, the shepherd is the true epitome of the virtue humility. ...
  22. One who provides food, protection and care for sheep.
  23. 1. Someone who takes care of sheep. Duh. 2. Another scriptural term for {elder}. It draws attention to his responsibility to render constant care to others in the congregation. (Joh 21:15-17; Act 20:28)
  24. a person who takes care of sheep. Figuratively, the Old Testament pictures GOD as Israel's Shepherd-Leader (Ps. 80:1; Ezek. 34:14). The New Testament reveals Jesus as the Good Shepherd who gave His life for His sheep. ...
  25. “The Lord is my shepherd.” A shepherd’s job is to look after the comprehensive well-being of the sheep. And for that job, there’s certainly nothing better than someone who can actually meet those comprehensive needs. ...