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?

Anagrams

• dirhems, shmired