shepherd
/ˈʃɛpəɹd/ verb C2- To watch over; to guide.
- 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.
He/she/it shepherds · Past shepherded · Past participle shepherded · -ing form shepherding
Verb forms
- Base form
- shepherd
- He/she/it
- shepherds
- Past
- shepherded
- Past participle
- shepherded
- -ing form
- shepherding
From the library
Gardener's garters, Shepherd's purse,
Here is simple Shepherd's Land,
So she sat on, with closed eyes, and half believed herself in Wonderland, though she knew she had but to open them again, and all would change to dull reality—the grass would be only rustling in the wind, and the pool rippling to the waving of the reeds—the rattling teacups would change to tinkling sheep-bells, and the Queen’s shrill cries to the voice of the shepherd boy—and the sneeze of the baby, the shriek of the Gryphon, and all the other queer noises, would change (she knew) to the confused clamour of the busy farm-yard—while the lowing of the cattle in the distance would take the place of the Mock Turtle’s heavy sobs.
Encased in the skin of a sheep, he pastured with the flock deceiving the shepherd by his costume.
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