shepherd
nomverbecourant dans les dialogues
- Royaume-Uni//ˈʃɛpəd//
- États-Unis//ˈʃɛpəɹd//
A person who tends sheep, especially a grazing flock.
nom
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A person who tends sheep, especially a grazing flock.
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.
- 2
A person who tends sheep, especially a grazing flock. A male sheep tender
- 3
figuréSomeone who watches over, looks after, or guides somebody.
The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want.
- 4
figuréSomeone who watches over, looks after, or guides somebody. A male watcher/guardian/guider/leader
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figuréThe pastor of a church; one who guides others in religion.
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figuréThe pastor of a church; one who guides others in religion. A male pastor
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A swain; a rustic male lover.
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A German Shepherd.
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.
Étymologie
From Middle English schepherde, from Old English sċēaphierde, a compound of sċēap (“sheep”) and hierde (“herdsman”), equivalent to modern sheep + herd (“herder”).
verbe
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To watch over; to guide.
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.
- 2
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.
Formes
- pluriel
- shepherds
- passé
- shepherded
- participe passé
- shepherded
- participe présent
- shepherding
- 3ᵉ personne du singulier
- shepherds
shepherd · A person who tends sheep, especially a grazing flock.
Shepherd · An English surname originating as an occupation.Sheppard · An English surname originating as an occupation.Sheridan · A surname from Irish.