Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to shepherd
Participle: shepherded
Gerund: shepherding
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | shepherd |
| you | shepherd |
| he;she;it | shepherds |
| we | shepherd |
| you | shepherd |
| they | shepherd |
Perfect
| I | have shepherded |
| you | have shepherded |
| he;she;it | has shepherded |
| we | have shepherded |
| you | have shepherded |
| they | have shepherded |
Past
| I | shepherded |
| you | shepherded |
| he;she;it | shepherded |
| we | shepherded |
| you | shepherded |
| they | shepherded |
Pluperfect
| I | had shepherded |
| you | had shepherded |
| he;she;it | had shepherded |
| we | had shepherded |
| you | had shepherded |
| they | had shepherded |
Future
| I | will shepherd |
| you | will shepherd |
| he;she;it | will shepherd |
| we | will shepherd |
| you | will shepherd |
| they | will shepherd |
Future Perfect
| I | will have shepherded |
| you | will have shepherded |
| he;she;it | will have shepherded |
| we | will have shepherded |
| you | will have shepherded |
| they | will have shepherded |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | shepherd |
| you | shepherd |
| he;she;it | shepherd |
| we | shepherd |
| you | shepherd |
| they | shepherd |
Perfect
| I | have shepherded |
| you | have shepherded |
| he;she;it | have shepherded |
| we | have shepherded |
| you | have shepherded |
| they | have shepherded |
Imperfect
| I | shepherded |
| you | shepherded |
| he;she;it | shepherded |
| we | shepherded |
| you | shepherded |
| they | shepherded |
Pluperfect
| I | had shepherded |
| you | had shepherded |
| he;she;it | had shepherded |
| we | had shepherded |
| you | had shepherded |
| they | had shepherded |
Conditional
Present
| I | would shepherd |
| you | would shepherd |
| he;she;it | would shepherd |
| we | would shepherd |
| you | would shepherd |
| they | would shepherd |
Perfect
| I | would have shepherded |
| you | would have shepherded |
| he;she;it | would have shepherded |
| we | would have shepherded |
| you | would have shepherded |
| they | would have shepherded |
Imperative
| you | shepherd |
| we | Let's shepherd |
| you | shepherd |
Verbs conjugated like 'shepherd'
abandon,
abduct,
abear,
aberr,
abject,
abord,
abort,
abound,
abraid,
abray,
abrook,
abscind,
abscond,
absist,
absorb,
abstain,
abstract,
accend,
accent,
accept, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'shepherd'
scepter,
share-herd,
sheer,
shelter,
sphere,
sypher,
behead,
bemerd,
blether,
chapter,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
From Middle English schepherde, from Old English sċēaphierde, a compound of sċēap (“sheep”) and hierde (“herdsman”), equivalent to modern sheep + herd (“herder”).Verbs referencing "shepherd"
Maori hepara.
Sample Sentences
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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— / […] [1893, Norman Gale, “In Pain”, in Orchard Songs, London: [Charles] Elkin Mathews & John Lane; New York, N.Y.: G. P. Putnam’s Sons, →OCLC, pages 34–35:]
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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. [2012, The Onion Book of Known Knowledge, page viii:]