herded
Kept from scattering
Herded is the past tense of herd, meaning to gather or drive animals as a group: The cowboys herded cattle across the plains.
It extends to moving people in a similar way, often with a note of impersonal handling: Security herded the crowd toward the exits.
We were herded into a small waiting room.
Led with assistance
- steeredControlled direction of travel
- directedGave guidance or orders
- drivenIntensely determined to achieve
- pushedApplied pressure to move
corralled · channeled · funneled · ushered · marshaled · propelled · nudged · prodded
Oversaw or coped
- organizedSystematically arranged
- coordinatedArranged to work together
- supervisedDirected with oversight
- regulatedMade to follow rules
manipulated · coerced · pressured · forced · compelled · dominated · subjugated · contained
Woolly farm animal
- cattleDomesticated bovines kept commercially
- goatsHorned farm ruminants
- flockAnimals gathered together
- rancherOne who raises livestock
drover · cowboy · gaucho · vaquero · stockman · collie · sheepdog · corral
Bulk or populace
- crowdLarge public gathering
- throngDense pressing crowd
- mobDisorderly, aggressive crowd
- groupAssembled collection of things
people · tourists · passengers · refugees · evacuees · protesters · spectators · audience
guided
Led with assistance
- steeredControlled direction of travel
- directedGave guidance or orders
- drivenIntensely determined to achieve
pushed · corralled · channeled · funneled · ushered · marshaled · propelled · nudged · prodded · goaded
managed
Oversaw or coped
- organizedSystematically arranged
- coordinatedArranged to work together
- supervisedDirected with oversight
regulated · manipulated · coerced · pressured · forced · compelled · dominated · subjugated · contained · corralled
sheep
Woolly farm animal
- cattleDomesticated bovines kept commercially
- goatsHorned farm ruminants
- flockAnimals gathered together
rancher · drover · cowboy · gaucho · vaquero · stockman · collie · sheepdog · corral · pen
masses
Bulk or populace
group · people · tourists · passengers · refugees · evacuees · protesters · spectators · audience · inmates
- crowdedcrowded, jam-packed, packed like sardines, crammed, jammed
herdedscattered
Spread irregularly about
dispersed · spread out · diffused · separated · dissipated
- herd mentalityTendency to follow crowds
- herding catsCoordinating the uncoordinated
- herding dogsCanines that manage livestock
- herd animals
- elk herdsGroups of large deer
- herd instinctTendency to follow groups
herd, shepherd, herds, herding, herder, shepherds, herders, goatherd, shepherding