misherd

English

Etymology

mis- +‎ herd

Pronunciation
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  • (General American) IPA(key): /ˈmɪs.hɝd/
  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈmɪs.hɜː(ɹ)d/
  • Rhymes: -ɪshɜː(ɹ)d
  • Homophone: misheard

Verb

misherd (third-person singular simple present misherds, present participle misherding, simple past and past participle misherded)

  1. To herd into the wrong place.
    • 1988, Dwight B. Heath, Contemporary Cultures and Societies of Latin America, page 204:
      They beseiged manorial overseers to adjudicate disputes concerning ownership of rustled livestock or damage to crops caused by strayed (or deliberately misherded) animals.
    • 1988 ·, Paul Tully, The Jehovahs' Jailbreak, page 55:
      Russ wasn't fighting that actual second but you could tell he had been by the way the other customers were stood about the room in ragged bunches like misherded sheep.
    • 2013, Hob Broun, Inner Tube: A Novel:
      Were we innocent as farm animals and in danger of being misherded?

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