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Definition of Flock
1. Verb. Move as a crowd or in a group. "Tourists flocked to the shrine where the statue was said to have shed tears"
2. Noun. A church congregation guided by a pastor.
3. Verb. Come together as in a cluster or flock. "The crowds flock in the streets"; "The poets constellate in this town every summer"
Specialized synonyms: Huddle, Huddle Together, Bunch, Bunch Together, Bunch Up
Generic synonyms: Assemble, Foregather, Forgather, Gather, Meet
Derivative terms: Clump, Cluster, Clustering, Constellation, Constellation
4. Noun. A group of birds.
Specialized synonyms: Bevy, Covert, Covey, Exaltation, Gaggle, Wisp, Flight
Generic synonyms: Animal Group
5. Noun. (often followed by 'of') a large number or amount or extent. "A wad of money"
Generic synonyms: Large Indefinite Amount, Large Indefinite Quantity
Specialized synonyms: Deluge, Flood, Inundation, Torrent, Haymow
Derivative terms: Heap, Heap, Pile, Plenteous, Wad
6. Noun. An orderly crowd. "A troop of children"
7. Noun. A group of sheep or goats.
Definition of Flock
1. n. A company or collection of living creatures; -- especially applied to sheep and birds, rarely to persons or (except in the plural) to cattle and other large animals; as, a flock of ravenous fowl.
2. v. i. To gather in companies or crowds.
3. v. t. To flock to; to crowd.
4. n. A lock of wool or hair.
5. v. t. To coat with flock, as wall paper; to roughen the surface of (as glass) so as to give an appearance of being covered with fine flock.
Definition of Flock
1. Noun. A large number of birds, especially those gathered together for the purpose of migration. ¹
2. Noun. A large number of animals, especially sheep or goats kept together. ¹
3. Noun. Those served by a particular pastor or shepherd ¹
4. Noun. A large number of people ¹
5. Verb. (transitive) To congregate in or head towards a place in large numbers. ¹
6. Noun. Coarse tufts of wool or cotton used in bedding ¹
7. Verb. (transitive) To coat a surface with dense fibers or particles. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Flock
1. to gather or move in a crowd [v -ED, -ING, -S]
Medical Definition of Flock
1.
To gather in companies or crowds. "Friends daily flock.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Flock
Literary usage of Flock
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Productive Sheep Husbandry by Walter Castella Coffey (1918)
"There are two methods of establishing the farm flock. One is to begin with a few
ewes and through increase of progeny gradually build up in numbers until ..."
2. The Journal of Heredity by American Genetic Association (1916)
"The rams used in the flock with these exceptions have all been descended from "Old
Jonathan ... In 1903 the flock was transferred from Allendale to Dalmeny. ..."
3. The Auk: Quarterly Journal of Ornithology by American Ornithologists' Union, Nuttall Ornithological Club (1886)
"In the afternoon of the same day, procuring a boat, we rowed toward the flock,
which presented a rather remarkable sight, consisting, as it did, ..."
4. The Works of George Fox by George Fox (1831)
"Who goeth a warfare at his own cost ? who planteth a vineyard and eateth not of
the fruit thereof? or who feedeth a flock, and eateth not of the milk ..."
5. The Works of A. Conan Doyle by Arthur Conan Doyle (1902)
"CHAPTER XI HOW A YOUNG SHEPHERD HAD A PERILOUS flock BLACK was the mouth of
Twynham Castle, though a pair of torches burning at the further end of the ..."
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