flock
see also: Flock
Pronunciation Noun
Flock
Proper noun
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see also: Flock
Pronunciation Noun
flock (plural flocks)
- A large number of birds, especially those gathered together for the purpose of migration.
- A large number of animals, especially sheep or goats kept together.
- Those served by a particular pastor or shepherd.
- 1864, Alfred Tennyson, “Aylmer’s Field”, in Enoch Arden, &c., London: Edward Moxon & Co., […], OCLC 879237670 ↗, page 83 ↗:
- But lapsed into so long a pause again / As half amazed, half frighted all his flock: [...]
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- A large number of people.
- 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), imprinted at London: By Robert Barker, […], OCLC 964384981 ↗, 2 Maccabees 14:14 ↗:
- The heathen […] came to Nicanor by flocks.
- Synonyms: congregation
- (Christianity) A religious congregation.
- Synonyms: congregation
- French: vol, bande, groupe, nuée
- German: Schwarm, Schar
- Italian: stormo
- Portuguese: bando
- Russian: ста́я
- Spanish: bandada
- French: troupeau
- German: Herde
- Italian: branco, gregge
- Portuguese: rebanho
- Russian: ста́до
- Spanish: hato, manada, rebaño
- French: congrégation
- Italian: gregge
- Portuguese: rebanho, congregação
- Russian: па́ства
- Spanish: congregación, grey
flock (flocks, present participle flocking; past and past participle flocked)
- (intransitive) To congregate in or head towards a place in large numbers.
- People flocked to the cinema to see the new film.
- Friends daily flock.
- (transitive, obsolete) To flock to; to crowd.
- 1609, Taylor
- Good fellows, trooping, flocked me so.
- 1609, Taylor
- To treat a pool with chemicals to remove suspended particles.
- French: affluer
- Italian: affollarsi, accalcarsi
- Portuguese: arrebanhar
- Russian: стека́ться
- Spanish: apelotonar
flock
- Coarse tufts of wool or cotton used in bedding.
- A lock of wool or hair.
- c. 1597, William Shakespeare, “The First Part of Henry the Fourth, […]”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies: Published According to the True Originall Copies (First Folio), London: Printed by Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, OCLC 606515358 ↗, [Act II, scene i]:
- I prythee, Tom, beat Cut's saddle, put a few flocks in the point.
- 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.
- 1913, Mrs. [Marie] Belloc Lowndes, chapter II, in The Lodger, London: Methuen, OCLC 7780546 ↗; republished in Novels of Mystery: The Lodger; The Story of Ivy; What Really Happened, New York, N.Y.: Longmans, Green and Co., […], [1933], OCLC 2666860 ↗, page 0091 ↗:
- There was a neat hat-and-umbrella stand, and the stranger's weary feet fell soft on a good, serviceable dark-red drugget, which matched in colour the flock-paper on the walls.
flock (flocks, present participle flocking; past and past participle flocked)
- (transitive) To coat a surface with dense fibers or particles.
Flock
Proper noun
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