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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.
[Middle English flok, from Old English floc.]
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.
[Middle English flok, from Old French floc, from Latin floccus, tuft of wool.]
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]
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
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.
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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Past participle: flocked
Gerund: flocking
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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. | ![]() 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. | ![]() 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 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" 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" |
flock
noun
flock
noun1. An enormous number of persons gathered together:
Translations
سِرْبيَتَوافَد، يَذْهَبون معا في جماعات
ято
stádohejnoshromáždit se
flokgå i flokmyldresværm
ŝafaro
laumapäällystääparvivanukatras
jatostado
nyájösszesereglikpamatpiheraj
flokkurflykkjast, hópasthjörî, flokkurhópur
群れ
무리
bandabūriais eitibūriais rinktispulkas
barsdrūzmētiesganāmpulkspulcēties
jatačreda
јато
flockfolkmassahop
เฮฝูงฝูงสัตว์หมู่
sürüakın akın gitmekakın etmek
đàn
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
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
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
flock
2 [flɒk] N (= wool) → borra fflock
[ˈflɒk] n
flock
[flɒk]flock
(flok) noun a number of certain animals or birds together. a flock of sheep.
verb (with to, ~into etc) to gather or go somewhere together in a group or crowd. People flocked to the cinema.