Verb (used with object) : The teacher herded the children into the classroom.    From Dictionary.com. 

Noun : a cowherd; a goatherd; a shepherd.    From Dictionary.com. 

Noun : a herd of cattle; a herd of sheep; a herd of zebras. ,The star was mobbed by a herd of autograph seekers. ,a herd of bicycles. ,He had no opinions of his own, but simply followed the herd.    From Dictionary.com. 

The dog as worker is common in herding and farming cultures.    From Wordnik.com.  [roof dogs] Reference

I don't like the idea of herding goats when I could be watching football.    From Wordnik.com.  [James Frey: Turkeys, Traditions and Families On The Fabulous Beekman Boys Farm] Reference

“which ought to be useful in herding the Spanish-speakers” … I think your on to something there.    From Wordnik.com.  [Antiwar.com: Enemy of the State « Antiwar.com Blog] Reference

Now the expression herding cats has been around for a while, and is generally meant to refer to (as suggested in the Urban Dictionary.    From Wordnik.com.  [MSDN Blogs] Reference

She's succeeded at organizing Congressional Dems-a job often described as herding cats-because she possesses a rare political quality: she's a leader.    From Wordnik.com.  [Campaign 2006: Winner and Losers] Reference

The baby doesn't think the "herding" thing is too swift.    From Wordnik.com.  [bettyalready Diary Entry] Reference

I have been told that Icelanders do not take to 'herding' very well.    From Wordnik.com.  [Testing Your Mettle] Reference

Are they not clearing at all, but rather "herding" the militants to safety?.    From Wordnik.com.  [Josh Mull: Preparing the American Invasion of Pakistan] Reference

They found the stock components exhibit herding, meaning they move in step with each other during these periods.    From Wordnik.com.  [Milestone Figures Grab Attention, but Their Impact Is Hazy] Reference

It also makes it possible for the group to avoid the "herding" that accentuates the flaws of group decision making.    From Wordnik.com.  [Kent Greenfield: The Supreme Court, Empathy, and the Science of Decision Making] Reference

"We were kind of herding him a little bit," Raines said.    From Wordnik.com.  [Latest Articles] Reference

"I do have a term that I call herding cattle with people.    From Wordnik.com.  [San Diego News] Reference

There was to be no more "herding" in fours, and so Barney Mulloy, the.    From Wordnik.com.  [Frank Merriwell's Chums] Reference

The cruelty of the sick 'herding' tactic by militants is breathtaking.    From Wordnik.com.  [Home | Mail Online] Reference

About 350 dogs are taking part in competitions such as herding, tracking, agility and obedience.    From Wordnik.com.  [WIBW - HomePage - Headlines] Reference

They were "herding" the speechless Barney toward the corral, in which the two vicious ponies had now been confined.    From Wordnik.com.  [Life at High Tide] Reference

I sent you to the herding, meaning to break your power over her, and all she could think o 'was my cruelty in sindering you.    From Wordnik.com.  [Tommy and Grizel] Reference

The first is Bootes, (pronounced Bo'-oates) often called the Herdsman, who is thought of as "herding" the great bear, Ursa Major.    From Wordnik.com.  [McCook Daily Gazette Headlines] Reference

"herding", and disliked extremely, while recognising that it was a necessary arrangement to which it was his duty to conform.    From Wordnik.com.  [Sisters] Reference

Handling the Senate, after all, is always like herding cats.    From Wordnik.com.  [What Bush Needs To Learn] Reference

"They probably went after large herding animals," says Currie.    From Wordnik.com.  [Just Be Glad They're Gone] Reference

"It's a pattern we see in modern herding animals," says Horner.    From Wordnik.com.  [New Theories And Old Bones Reveal The Lifestyle Of The Dinosaur] Reference

They're asleep a lot, bushed from all that deer chasing and livestock herding.    From Wordnik.com.  [Laura Munson: Dog Fog] Reference

People always say that trying to get Congress to do anything is like herding cats.    From Wordnik.com.  [Rep. Weiner: Sit!] Reference

IN AMARILLO, TEXAS, A mural of cowboys herding cattle hangs in the federal courthouse.    From Wordnik.com.  [Oprah: Home On The Range] Reference

His father went too far, Obama wrote, in repudiating his own Kenyan goat-herding background.    From Wordnik.com.  [‘Night, Not-So-Sweet Prince] Reference

Wick says he prefers herding sheep when there are wolves about -- it's more natural that way.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Shepherd's Lament] Reference

I thought she was another denim dowdy herding her three jam stained kiddies through aisle 28.    From Wordnik.com.  [On Clearance] Reference

It's the story of a homosexual affair between two cowboys who meet while sheep herding in Wyoming.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Sound of 'Brokeback Mountain'] Reference

He opens the door from the bedroom and moves out of the way, every day thinking the same thing, Like herding cats.    From Wordnik.com.  [Man Down] Reference

Chilling video footage showed uniformed Indonesian soldiers herding the terrified people, hands held high over their heads.    From Wordnik.com.  [Terror In The Streets] Reference

The cow herding squads will herd their cows, minimising the sacred animals 'potential to snarl up even the best-laid plans.    From Wordnik.com.  [Delhi battling human and financial cost of hosting Commonwealth Games] Reference

She ran out onto the ice and started pulling each of them back to the car by their jackets, herding them along like a sheep dog.    From Wordnik.com.  [Everybody Was a Virgin Once] Reference

Others say that will take years to work; they favor herding a couple of hundred deer into a pen and shipping them to a slaughterhouse.    From Wordnik.com.  [Backyard Bears] Reference

The people-watching options are meager: parents herding small children, white-sneaker tourists, office workers on extended happy hour.    From Wordnik.com.  [After the brawl: 'Do I look straight to you?'] Reference

In terms of trying to get groups of people who don't like us to act in a certain way, to bend toward our example, it's like herding cats.    From Wordnik.com.  [Ron Suskind's Unified Theory Of Everything] Reference

This cryptic note, said to have been found in an old talisman in 1991, led at last to a yak-herding family's encampment in eastern Tibet.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Day Of The Living Buddhas] Reference