0 past simple and past participle of shepherd
1 to make a group of people move to where you want them to go, especially in a kind, helpful, and careful way:
Consumers would need to be 'shepherded' around the vast amount of online music content (using 'if you like that, you'll like this' navigation tools).
Undeterred, he shepherded his flock and gradually built up a base of popular support through a display of leadership, toughness and humour.
The centenary should not pass without mention of those many people who have shepherded the journal through the past 100 years.
The basement is in use and children are shepherded there to wait.
I have been in football crowds with people from all walks of life when the police shepherded supporters around, causing danger to individual safety.
The figures arimportant when you consider that we have shepherded all the people back into their new homes.
In other words, these people are to be shepherded in and out of back doors like a group of common criminals.
This is a tribute to the care with which that lady shepherded her money, given how little her income was.
