flock
IPA: fɫˈɑk
noun
- A number of birds together in a group, such as those gathered together for the purpose of migration.
- A large number of animals associated together in a group; commonly used of sheep, but (dated) also used for goats, farmed animals, and a wide variety of animals.
- Those served by a particular pastor or shepherd.herd/flock
- A large number of people.
- (Christianity) A religious congregation.
- Coarse tufts of wool or cotton used in bedding.
- A lock of wool or hair.
- Very fine sifted woollen refuse, especially that from shearing the nap of cloths, formerly used as a coating for wallpaper to give it a velvety or clothlike appearance; also, the dust of vegetable fibre used for a similar purpose.
- A surname.
verb
- (intransitive) To congregate in or head towards a place in large numbers.
- (transitive, obsolete) To flock to; to crowd.
- To treat a pool with chemicals to remove suspended particles.
- (transitive) To coat a surface with dense fibers or particles; especially, to create a dense arrangement of fibers with a desired nap.
- To cover a Christmas tree with artificial snow.
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Examples of "flock" in Sentences
- The shepherd of the flock is the shepherd of every sheep, and will take care that not one, even of the little ones, shall perish.
- If you know where a flock is or know a good area, you should get in the woods before daylight and preferably be set up by daylight.
- So, it appears it would be illegal for me to restrain my dogs from bolting if a bird has fallen in the deeks and the flock is circling back.
- And people will again flock to it all, ready to rejig their social communications agenda, and spend their money on the new phone and all the apps.
- There appeared to be an unusual number of peacocks about the place, and I was making some remarks upon what I termed a flock of them, that were basking under a sunny wall, when
- There appeared to be an unusual number of peacocks about the place, and I was making some remarks upon what I termed a flock of them that were basking under a sunny wall, when I was gently corrected in my phraseology by Master
- I was making some remarks upon what I termed a flock of them, that were basking under a sunny wall, when I was gently corrected in my phraseology by Master Simon, who told me that, according to the most ancient and approved treatise on hunting, I must say a MUSTER of peacocks.
- I was making some remarks upon what I termed a flock of them, that were basking under a sunny wall, when I was gently corrected in my phraseology by Master Simon, who told me that, according to the most ancient and approved treatise on hunting, I must say a _muster_ of peacocks.
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