flock

flock ¹

 (flŏk)

n.

1. A group of animals that live, travel, or feed together.

2. A group of people under the leadership of one person, especially the members of a church.

3. A large crowd or number: a flock of visitors; a flock of questions. See Synonyms at crowd¹.

intr.v. flocked, flock·ing, flocks

To gather or travel in a flock or crowd.

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[Middle English flok, from Old English floc.]

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flock ²

 (flŏk)

n.

1. A tuft, as of fiber or hair.

2. Waste wool or cotton used for stuffing furniture and mattresses.

3. Pulverized wool or felt that is applied to paper, cloth, or metal to produce a texture or pattern.

4. See floccule.

tr.v. flocked, flock·ing, flocks

1. To stuff with waste wool or cotton.

2. To texture or pattern with pulverized wool or felt.

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[Middle English flok, from Old French floc, from Latin floccus, tuft of wool.]

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flock

(flɒk)

n (sometimes functioning as plural)

1. a group of animals of one kind, esp sheep or birds

2. a large number of people; crowd

3. (Ecclesiastical Terms) a body of Christians regarded as the pastoral charge of a priest, a bishop, the pope, etc

4. rare a band of people; group

vb (intr)

5. to gather together or move in a flock

6. to go in large numbers: people flocked to the church.

[Old English flocc; related to Old Norse flokkr crowd, Middle Low German vlocke]

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flock

(flɒk)

n

1. a tuft, as of wool, hair, cotton, etc

2. (Furniture)

a. waste from fabrics such as cotton, wool, or other cloth used for stuffing mattresses, upholstered chairs, etc

b. (as modifier): flock mattress.

3. (Textiles) very small tufts of wool applied to fabrics, wallpaper, etc, to give a raised pattern

4. (Chemistry) another word for floccule

vb

(tr) to fill, cover, or ornament with flock

[C13: from Old French floc, from Latin floccus; probably related to Old High German floccho down, Norwegian flugsa snowflake]

ˈflocky adj

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flock¹

(flɒk)

n.

1. an assemblage of animals, esp. sheep, goats, or birds, that live, travel, or feed together.

2. a large group of people or things: flocks of sightseers.

3. a single congregation in relation to its pastor.

v.i.

4. to gather or go in a flock: They flocked around the football hero.

[before 1000; Middle English; Old English floc; c. Old Norse flokkr]

flock′less, adj.

usage: See collective noun.

flock²

(flɒk)

n.

1. a tuft of wool, hair, cotton, etc.

2. (sometimes used with a pl. v.) wool refuse, shearings of cloth, or old cloth torn to pieces.

3. Also called flocking. (sometimes used with a pl. v.) finely powdered wool or cloth used for producing a velvetlike pattern on wallpaper.

v.t.

4. to stuff with flock.

5. to decorate or coat with flock.

[1250–1300; Middle English flok < Old French floc < Latin floccus tuft of wool]

flock′y, adj. flock•i•er, flock•i•est.

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Flock

 a company of people, birds, or animals; a group of Christians who worship together. See also bevy, drove.

Examples: flock of acquaintances; of affections, 1601; of auks [at sea]; of bats; of birds; of bitterns; of bustards; of camels, 1839; of Christians; of coots; of cotton, 1756; of cranes; of ducks [flying in a line]; of elephants, 1614; of fish, 1480; of friends; of geese [on the ground], 1596; of goats; of hens, 1690; of interpreters, 1581; of lice; of pamphlets, 1642; of parrots; of prophets; of seals; of sheep, 1340; of ships [book title by B. Callison]; of swifts; of wool, 1440.

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flock

Past participle: flocked
Gerund: flocking

Imperative

flock

flock

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Thesaurus

Noun	1.	flock - a church congregation guided by a pastor congregation, faithful, fold - a group of people who adhere to a common faith and habitually attend a given church
	2.	flock - a group of birds bird - warm-blooded egg-laying vertebrates characterized by feathers and forelimbs modified as wings bevy - a flock of birds (especially when gathered close together on the ground); "we were visited at breakfast by a bevy of excited ducks" covert - a flock of coots covey - a small flock of grouse or partridge exaltation - a flock of larks (especially a flock of larks in flight overhead) gaggle - a flock of geese wisp - a flock of snipe animal group - a group of animals flight - a flock of flying birds
	3.	flock - (often followed by `of') a large number or amount or extent; "a batch of letters"; "a deal of trouble"; "a lot of money"; "he made a mint on the stock market"; "see the rest of the winners in our huge passel of photos"; "it must have cost plenty"; "a slew of journalists"; "a wad of money" good deal, great deal, hatful, lot, muckle, passel, peck, mickle, mint, quite a little, slew, spate, tidy sum, wad, stack, raft, mountain, pile, plenty, mass, batch, heap, deal, pot, mess, sight large indefinite amount, large indefinite quantity - an indefinite quantity that is above the average in size or magnitude deluge, flood, inundation, torrent - an overwhelming number or amount; "a flood of requests"; "a torrent of abuse" haymow - a mass of hay piled up in a barn for preservation
	4.	flock - an orderly crowd; "a troop of children" troop crowd - a large number of things or people considered together; "a crowd of insects assembled around the flowers"
	5.	flock - a group of sheep or goats fold sheep - woolly usually horned ruminant mammal related to the goat animal group - a group of animals
Verb	1.	flock - move as a crowd or in a group; "Tourists flocked to the shrine where the statue was said to have shed tears" go, locomote, move, travel - change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically; "How fast does your new car go?"; "We travelled from Rome to Naples by bus"; "The policemen went from door to door looking for the suspect"; "The soldiers moved towards the city in an attempt to take it before night fell"; "news travelled fast"
	2.	flock - come together as in a cluster or flock; "The poets constellate in this town every summer" cluster, constellate, clump huddle, huddle together - crowd or draw together; "let's huddle together--it's cold!" bunch, bunch together, bunch up - form into a bunch; "The frightened children bunched together in the corner of the classroom" foregather, forgather, gather, assemble, meet - collect in one place; "We assembled in the church basement"; "Let's gather in the dining room"

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flock

noun

1. herd, group, flight, drove, colony, gaggle, skein They kept a small flock of sheep.

2. crowd, company, group, host, collection, mass, gathering, assembly, convoy, herd, congregation, horde, multitude, throng, bevy his flock of advisors

verb

1. stream, crowd, mass, swarm, throng The public have flocked to the show.

2. gather, group, crowd, mass, collect, assemble, herd, huddle, converge, throng, congregate, troop The crowds flocked around her.

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flock

noun

1. An enormous number of persons gathered together:

crowd, crush, drove, horde, mass, mob, multitude, press, ruck, swarm, throng.

2. A very large number of things grouped together:

army, cloud, crowd, drove, horde, host, legion, mass, mob, multitude, ruck, score (used in plural), swarm, throng.

verb

To congregate, as around a person:

crowd, mob, press, throng.

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Translations

سِرْبيَتَوافَد، يَذْهَبون معا في جماعات

ято

stádohejnoshromáždit se

flokgå i flokmyldresværm

HerdeSchwarmströmenSchäfchen

κοπάδι

ŝafaro

rebañobandadacongregacióncongregarsehato

laumapäällystääparvivanukatras

troupeauvolvoléeaffluerbande

jatostado

nyájösszesereglikpamatpiheraj

flokkurflykkjast, hópasthjörî, flokkurhópur

greggestormoaccalcarsibatuffolobioccolo

群れ

무리

bandabūriais eitibūriais rinktispulkas

barsdrūzmētiesganāmpulkspulcēties

kudde

flokkstrømme

stado

rebanhobando

стаягруппаотарапаствастадо

jatačreda

јато

flockfolkmassahop

เฮฝูงฝูงสัตว์หมู่

sürüakın akın gitmekakın etmek

đàn

群成群地去

flock

¹ [flɒk]

A. N [of sheep, goats] → rebaño m; [of birds] → bandada f; [of people] → tropel m, multitud f (Rel) → grey f, rebaño m
they came in flocks → acudieron en tropel

B. VI (= move in numbers) → ir en tropel
they flocked to the station → fueron en tropel hacia la estación
to flock around sb → apiñarse en torno a algn
to flock together → congregarse, reunirse

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flock

² [flɒk] N (= wool) → borra f

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

flock

[ˈflɒk]

n

[sheep] → troupeau m
a flock of sheep → un troupeau de moutons

[birds] → vol m
a flock of birds → un vol d'oiseaux

[people] → foule f
a flock of → une foule de
flocks of journalists → une foule de journalistes

vi
to flock to sth → venir en masse à qch
to flock to see sth → affluer pour voir qch

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

flock

¹

n

(of sheep, geese, also Eccl) → Herde f; (of birds) → Schwarm m, → Schar f

(of people) → Schar f, → Haufen m (inf)

vi → in Scharen kommen; to flock in → hineinströmen or -drängen; to flock out → hinausströmen or -drängen; to flock around somebody → sich um jdn scharen or drängen

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flock

²

n (Tex) → Flocke f

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

flock

[flɒk]

1. n (of sheep) (also Rel) → gregge m; (of birds) → stormo; (of people) → stuolo, folla

2. vi (crowd) → affollarsi, ammassarsi
to flock around sb → affollarsi intorno a qn

Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

flock

(flok) noun

a number of certain animals or birds together. a flock of sheep. trop; kudde سِرْب стадо bando stádo die Herde, der Schwarm flok; sværm κοπάδιrebaño, bandada kari, parv گله lauma troupeauעדר, להקה जानवरों का समूह, आदमियों का समूह, चर्च के मेम्बर krdo, stado nyáj kawanan hjörð, flokkur gregge; stormo 群れ (특히 양, 염소, 새 등의) 떼, 무리 banda, pulkas (sīklopu) ganāmpulks; (putnu) bars kawanan kudde, zwermflokk, svermstado ډله، ګله، رمه، پاده، سيل bando turmă; stol стадо; стая črieda, kŕdeľ, stádo čreda krdo flock ฝูงสัตว์ sürü (飛禽和牲畜等的)群 отара; зграя جھنڈ، گروہ đàn; bầy ; lũ （飞禽和牲畜等的）群

verb

(with to, ~into etc) to gather or go somewhere together in a group or crowd. People flocked to the cinema. Mense het na die teater gestroom. يَتَوافَد، يَذْهَبون معا في جماعات трупам се ir em bando shromáždit se strömen gå i flok; myldre συγκεντρώνομαι, συρρέω με το πλήθος congregarse, reunirse parvlema تجمع کردن؛ گله وار رفتن kerääntyä affluer לְהִתקַהֵל भीड़ लगाना nagrnuti, navrijeti összesereglik berduyun-duyun flykkjast, hópast adunarsi 群がる 떼를 지어 모이다 būriais eiti/rinktis pulcēties; drūzmēties kumpulan samenstromen strømme, stimle sammentłoczyć się, podążać tłumnie, gromadzić się ډله كېدل، ګله كېدل ir em bando a se îngrămădi валить толпой zhromaždiť sa zgrinjati se okupiti se flockas, skocka sig รวมกลุ่ม akın etmek, akın akın gitmek 成群地去 збиратися докупи; юрмитися بڑی تعداد میں حاضر ہونا tụ tập; tập trung 成群地去

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flock

→ سِرْب stádo flok Herde κοπάδι rebaño lauma troupeau stado gregge 群れ 무리 kudde flokk stado rebanho стая flock ฝูงสัตว์ sürü đàn 群

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