Usually means: Guided or led with care.
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We found 15 dictionaries that define the word shepherded:

General (13 matching dictionaries)
  1. shepherded: Merriam-Webster
  2. shepherded: Collins English Dictionary
  3. shepherded: Vocabulary.com
  4. Shepherded, shepherded: Wordnik
  5. shepherded: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  6. shepherded: Wiktionary
  7. shepherded: Dictionary.com
  8. shepherded: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  9. Shepherded: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  10. Shepherded: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  11. Shepherded: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable (1898)
  12. shepherded: FreeDictionary.org
  13. shepherded: TheFreeDictionary.com

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. shepherded: Legal dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. shepherded: Encyclopedia

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Definitions from Wiktionary (Shepherd)

noun:  A person who tends sheep, especially a grazing flock.
noun:  A male sheep tender
noun:  (figurative) Someone who watches over, looks after, or guides somebody.
noun:  A male watcher/guardian/guider/leader
noun:  (figurative) The pastor of a church; one who guides others in religion.
noun:  A male pastor
noun:  (poetic) A swain; a rustic male lover.
noun:  A German Shepherd.
verb:  (transitive) To watch over; to guide.
verb:  (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.
noun:  An English surname originating as an occupation.
noun:  A male given name.
noun:  A number of places in the United States:
noun:  An unincorporated community in Boone County, Indiana.
noun:  A village in Isabella County, Michigan.
noun:  A census-designated place in Yellowstone County, Montana.
noun:  A city in San Jacinto County, Texas.
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