The word flock refers to a group of animals, like birds or sheep, that have congregated together. The flock of pigeons at the park is so tame that they'll eat right out of your hand.
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;
Noun
a group of birds
Noun
a group of sheep or goats
Noun
a church congregation guided by a pastor
Noun
an orderly crowd; "a troop of children"
Noun
(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"; "it must have cost plenty"
Verb
come together as in a cluster or flock; "The poets constellate in this town every summer"
Verb
move as a crowd or in a group; "Tourists flocked to the shrine where the statue was said to have shed tears"
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.
n.
A Christian church or congregation; considered in their
relation to the pastor, or minister in charge.
v. i.
To gather in companies or crowds.
v. t.
To flock to; to crowd.
n.
A lock of wool or hair.
n.
Woolen or cotton refuse (sing. / pl.), old rags, etc.,
reduced to a degree of fineness by machinery, and used for stuffing
unpholstered furniture.
sing. / pl.
Very fine, sifted, woolen refuse, especially that
from shearing the nap of cloths, used as a coating for wall paper to
give it a velvety or clothlike appearance; also, the dust of vegetable
fiber used for a similar purpose.
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.
Flock
The heathen . . . came to Nicanor by flocks.2.
As half amazed, half frighted all his flock.
Flock
Friends daily flock.
Flock
Good fellows, trooping, flocked me so.
Flock
I prythee, Tom, beat Cut's saddle, put a few flocks in the point [pommel].2.
Flock
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;
To gather in companies or crowds.
To flock to; to crowd.
A lock of wool or hair.
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.
Usage Examples
Eagles commonly fly alone. They are crows, daws, and starlings that flock together.
Without tradition, art is a flock of sheep without a shepherd. Without innovation, it is a corpse.
We have an uncanny ability to make birds do what we want them to do. In Blood Simple there's a shot from the bumper of a car and it's going up this road and a huge flock of birds takes off at the perfect moment.
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Other Usage ExamplesI would have been glad to have lived under my wood side, and to have kept a flock of sheep, rather than to have undertaken this government.
Men are like sheep, of which a flock is more easily driven than a single one.
In New York, if you weigh under 200 pounds and decline so much as a cookie at a co-worker's party, women will flock to your side, assuring you of your appealing physique. This is how skittish we are about the dangers of anorexia and the pressures of body image.
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