Definition of flock Flock
/flɑˈk/ - [flak] - flock
We found 28 definitions of flock from 7 different sources.
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What does flock mean?
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NounPlural: flocks |
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| flock - a group of birds | ||
| animal group a group of animals | ||
| 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 small tuft or lock; "wisps of hair" | ||
| flock - a group of sheep or goats | ||
| fold | ||
| animal group a group of animals | ||
| flock - a church congregation guided by a pastor | ||
| 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" | ||
| batch, deal, good deal, great deal, hatful, heap, lot, mass, mess, mickle, mint, mountain, muckle, passel, peck, pile, plenty, pot, quite a little, raft, sight, slew, spate, stack, tidy sum, wad | ||
| large indefinite amount, large indefinite quantity an indefinite quantity that is above the average in size or magnitude | ||
| inundation, deluge, torrent, flood a violently fast stream of water (or other liquid); "the houses were swept away in the torrent" | ||
| 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" | ||
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| flock - move as a crowd or in a group; "Tourists flocked to the shrine where the statue was said to have shed tears" | ||
| locomote, travel, move, go 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" | ||
| flock - come together as in a cluster or flock; "The poets constellate in this town every summer" | ||
| cluster, constellate, clump | ||
| foregather, forgather, assemble, gather, meet create by putting components or members together; "She pieced a quilt"; "He tacked together some verses"; "They set up a committee" | ||
| huddle together, huddle crowd or draw together; "let's huddle together--it's cold!" | ||
| bunch together, bunch, bunch up form into a bunch; "The frightened children bunched together in the corner of the classroom" | ||
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Wiktionary 
- flock (Noun)
A large number of birds, especially those gathered together for the purpose of migration. - flock (Noun)
A large number of animals, especially sheep or goats kept together. - flock (Noun)
Those served by a particular pastor or shepherd. - flock (Noun)
A large number of people. - flock (Noun)
Coarse tufts of wool or cotton used in bedding. - flock (Verb)
To congregate in or head towards a place in large numbers. - flock (Verb)
To treat a pool with chemicals to remove suspended particles. - flock (Verb)
To coat a surface with dense fibers or particles.
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- flock (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. - flock (n.)
A Christian church or congregation; considered in their relation to the pastor, or minister in charge. - flock (v. i.)
To gather in companies or crowds. - flock (v. t.)
To flock to; to crowd. - flock (n.)
A lock of wool or hair. - flock (n.)
Woolen or cotton refuse (sing. / pl.), old rags, etc., reduced to a degree of fineness by machinery, and used for stuffing unpholstered furniture. - flock (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. - flock (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.
OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ω
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flock
A large number of animals, especially sheep or goats kept together.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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flock
flok, n. a company of animals, as sheep, birds, &c.: a company generally: a Christian congregation.—v.i. to gather in flocks or in crowds.—n. Flock′-mas′ter, an owner or overseer of a flock. [A.S. flocc, a flock, a company; Ice. flokkr.] -
flock
flok, n. a lock of wool.—n. Floccillā′tion, a delirious picking of the bed-clothes by a patient.—adjs. Floc′cose, woolly; Floc′cūlar; Floc′cūlate.—n. Floc′cūlence.—adj. Floc′cūlent, woolly, flaky.—ns. Floc′cūlus, a small flock or tuft: a small lobe of the inferior surface of the cerebellum; Floc′cus, a flock or tuft of wool or wool-like hairs: the downy plumage of unfledged birds:—pl. Flocci (flok′si); Flock′-bed, a bed stuffed with flock or refuse wool; Flock′-pā′per, wall-paper covered with a rough surface formed of flock.—adj. Flock′y. [O. Fr. floc—L. floccus, a lock of wool.]
Wikipedia 
- Flock is a web browser based on Mozilla Firefox. Flock is also the name of the company making the browser.
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