All English words - page 2410

Meanings of Herbivore:

noun

An animal that feeds on plants.

Usage examples:

Predatory carnivores and their herbivore prey

Meanings of Herbivores:

noun

An animal that feeds on plants.

Usage examples:

Predatory carnivores and their herbivore prey

Meanings of Herbivorous:

adjective

(of an animal) feeding on plants.

Usage examples:

Many of the animals intentionally introduced to new habitats have been herbivorous mammals

Meanings of Herbs:

noun

Any plant with leaves, seeds, or flowers used for flavouring, food, medicine, or perfume.

Usage examples:

Bundles of dried herbs

Meanings of Herby:

adjective

(of food or drink) containing or tasting or smelling of herbs.

Usage examples:

Plump, herby pork sausages

Meanings of Herculean:

adjective

Requiring great strength or effort.

Usage examples:

A herculean task

Meanings of Hercules:

proper noun

A hero of superhuman strength and courage who performed twelve immense tasks or ‘labours’ imposed on him by king eurystheus and who after death was ranked among the gods.

noun

A man of exceptional strength or size.

Usage examples:

A tall young man with the limbs and chest of a hercules

adjective

Used with preceding greek letter or numeral to designate a star in the hercules constellation.

Usage examples:

The star delta herculis

Meanings of Hercynian:

adjective

Relating to or denoting a prolonged mountain-forming period (orogeny) in western europe, eastern north america, and the andes in the upper palaeozoic era, especially the carboniferous and permian periods.

Usage examples:

High magnetic susceptibilities are absent in many of the other granitoids of the hercynian belt

noun

A prolonged mountain-forming period in western europe, eastern north america, and the andes in the upper palaeozoic era.

Usage examples:

The next mountain-building period, the hercynian, occurred during the last 100 million years of the…

Meanings of Herd:

noun

A large group of animals, especially hoofed mammals, that live together or are kept together as livestock.

Usage examples:

A herd of elephants

verb

(with reference to a group of people or animals) move in a group.

Usage examples:

They were herded into a bus

Meanings of Herdboy:

noun

A boy who looks after a herd of livestock.

Usage examples:

In the highlands, where pasture is scarce, herdboys often spend months alone with their flocks in a…

Meanings of Herded:

verb

(with reference to a group of people or animals) move in a group.

Usage examples:

They were herded into a bus

noun

A large group of animals, especially hoofed mammals, that live together or are kept together as livestock.

Usage examples:

a herd of elephants

Meanings of Herder:

noun

A person who looks after a herd of livestock or makes a living from keeping livestock, especially in open country.

Usage examples:

They are nomadic cattle herders by tradition

Meanings of Herders:

noun

A person who looks after a herd of livestock or makes a living from keeping livestock, especially in open country.

Usage examples:

They are nomadic cattle herders by tradition

Meanings of Herding:

verb

(with reference to a group of people or animals) move in a group.

Usage examples:

They were herded into a bus

noun

A large group of animals, especially hoofed mammals, that live together or are kept together as livestock.

Usage examples:

a herd of elephants

Meanings of Herds:

noun

A large group of animals, especially hoofed mammals, that live together or are kept together as livestock.

Usage examples:

A herd of elephants

verb

(with reference to a group of people or animals) move in a group.

Usage examples:

They were herded into a bus

Meanings of Herdsman:

noun

The owner or keeper of a herd of domesticated animals.

Usage examples:

It is at this time that our farmers, growers, herdsmen and stockmen are really suffering the pressu…

Meanings of Herdsmen:

noun

The owner or keeper of a herd of domesticated animals.

Usage examples:

It is at this time that our farmers, growers, herdsmen and stockmen are really suffering the pressu…

Meanings of Herdwick:

noun

A sheep of a hardy mountain breed from the north of england.

Usage examples:

For a start, hardy breeds like herdwicks don't have as many lambs as their lowland counterparts.

Meanings of Here:

adverb

In, at, or to this place or position.

Usage examples:

They have lived here most of their lives

exclamation

Used to attract someone's attention.

Usage examples:

Here, let me hold it

Meanings of Here-and-now:

idiom

At this time

phrase

At the present time.

Usage examples:

We're going to settle this here and now

Meanings of Here-and-there:

idiom

In different places

Usage examples:

There are small towns here and there across this region, but there are no big cities.

Meanings of Hereabout:

adverb

Near this place.

Usage examples:

There is little natural water hereabouts

Meanings of Hereabouts:

adverb

Near this place.

Usage examples:

There is little natural water hereabouts

Meanings of Hereafter:

adverb

From now on.

Usage examples:

He'd promised that rachel would be the idol of his heart hereafter

noun

Life after death.

Usage examples:

Suffering is part of our preparation for the hereafter

Meanings of Hereat:

adverb

As a result of this.

Usage examples:

Greatly distressed hereat, they declared themselves to deserve a fine