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flock
1[ flok ]
noun
- a number of animals of one kind, especially sheep, goats, or birds, that keep or feed together or are herded together.
Synonyms: swarm, school, shoal, litter, hatch, brood, gaggle, flight, covey, bevy
- a large number of people; crowd.
- a large group of things:
a flock of letters to answer.
- (in New Testament and ecclesiastical use)
- the Christian church in relation to Christ.
- a single congregation in relation to its pastor.
- Archaic. a band or company of persons.
verb (used without object)
- to gather or go in a flock or crowd:
They flocked around the football hero.
flock
2[ flok ]
noun
- a lock or tuft of wool, hair, cotton, etc.
- (sometimes used with a plural verb) wool refuse, shearings of cloth, old cloth torn to pieces, or the like, for upholstering furniture, stuffing mattresses, etc.
- Also called flocking. (sometimes used with a plural verb) finely powdered wool, cloth, etc., used for producing a velvetlike pattern on wallpaper or cloth or for coating metal.
verb (used with object)
- to stuff with flock, as a mattress.
- to decorate or coat with flock, as wallpaper, cloth, or metal.
flock
1/ flɒk /
noun
- a tuft, as of wool, hair, cotton, etc
- waste from fabrics such as cotton, wool, or other cloth used for stuffing mattresses, upholstered chairs, etc
- ( as modifier )
flock mattress
- very small tufts of wool applied to fabrics, wallpaper, etc, to give a raised pattern
- another word for floccule
verb
- tr to fill, cover, or ornament with flock
flock
2/ flɒk /
noun
- a group of animals of one kind, esp sheep or birds
- a large number of people; crowd
- a body of Christians regarded as the pastoral charge of a priest, a bishop, the pope, etc
- rare.a band of people; group
verb
- to gather together or move in a flock
- to go in large numbers
people flocked to the church
Grammar Note
Derived Forms
- ˈflocky, adjective
Other Words From
- flockless adjective
Word History and Origins
Origin of flock1
Word History and Origins
Origin of flock1
Origin of flock2
Synonym Study
Example Sentences
Later, she won a new flock of fans as BFF Lilly in “The Princess Diaries” movies, as well.
A flock of birds is kind of a canonical example of self-organization.
On Monday, a flock of tech companies decided it was time to make their plans to go public, well, public, as tech stocks have soared during the pandemic.
When the duo surveyed singles about the personality traits they were looking for in romantic partners, they found that a similarity model—the age-old idea that birds of a feather flock together—best described the data.
One of the yeomen warders, known as the ravenmaster, is also responsible for looking after the tower’s resident flock of ravens.
Behind him stood a flock of fifth-grade boys—and two second-grade girls—all of them wearing the exact same yellow hat.
Fans of the series will flock to see ‘Mockingjay’ this Thanksgiving weekend.
And almost immediately, his fellow survivors flock to him, seeing his potential to be a great hero.
Pressing the dodge button at the right time causes her to temporarily burst into an invincible flock of crows.
He is to be admired for his kindness and genuine pastoral concern for all the members of his flock.
A flock of weary sheep pattered along the road, barnward bound, heavy eyed and bleating softly.
Once he suddenly found himself in the road driving a small flock of goats, whose he knew not, nor whence he got them.
The faces of a flock of sheep are to a stranger all alike; to the shepherd, each has its personal individuality.
I have not been able to learn that the migratory flock above spoken of extended to any of the other Islands.
Gwynne accepted this act of sacrifice with a matter-of-fact nod, and it was but a moment later that they came upon another flock.
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