shepherd
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Is shepherd a Scrabble word?
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- Scrabble US/Canada (OTCWL) Yes
- Scrabble UK (SOWPODS) Yes
- Wordle No
- Words With Friends Yes
What is the meaning of shepherd?
Definition
noun (English)
1. (figurative) Someone who watches over, looks after, or guides somebody.Examples: "The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want."figuratively
2. (figurative) Someone who watches over, looks after, or guides somebody.figuratively
3. (figurative) The pastor of a church; one who guides others in religion.figuratively
4. (figurative) The pastor of a church; one who guides others in religion.figuratively
5. (poetic) A swain; a rustic male lover.poetic
verb (English)
1. (transitive) To watch over; to guide.Examples: "For me has Pain, the sentinel, / Been vigilant / To pace my plot and dwell / Within my tent; / Oft in the night with small alarms / Has stirred me out of rest, / Alert, oppressed, / Till shepherded within thine arms / And on thy breast, / O loving Lady, in the curse of Pain / I have been blest— / […]"; "Each entry in this volume was assigned to a different preeminent scholar who was responsible for shepherding that specific entry, and that specific entry alone, into being."transitive
2. (transitive, Australian rules football) 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.transitive
Definition source: Wiktionary