Dictionary Entry
shepherd
shepherd is a 8-letter English word with 7 senses as noun, transitive verb, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: A man employed in tending, feeding, and guarding sheep, esp. a flock grazing at large. Face value is 17 in Scrabble and 16 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
8 letters · Scrabble 17 · Words With Friends 16 · 7 senses
Definitions
- 1noun
A man employed in tending, feeding, and guarding sheep, esp. a flock grazing at large.
- 2noun
The pastor of a church; one with the religious guidance of others.
- 3transitive verb
To tend as a shepherd; to guard, herd, lead, or drive, as a shepherd.
- 4noun
a herder of sheep (on an open range); someone who keeps the sheep together in a flock
Synonyms
- 5noun
a clergyman who watches over a group of people
- 6verb
tend as a shepherd, as of sheep or goats
- 7verb
watch over like a shepherd, as a teacher of her pupils
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