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flock

/ flock /
noun/verb

Definitions & Examples

noun Sense 1
a group of birds
Type of:
animal group
Kinds of:
bevy covert covey exaltation gaggle
noun Sense 2
a group of sheep or goats
Type of:
animal group
noun Sense 3
a church congregation guided by a pastor
Type of:
congregation fold faithful
verb Sense 4
move as a crowd or in a group
"Tourists flocked to the shrine where the statue was said to have shed tears"
Type of:
travel go move
Derived:
troop
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s something to somebody
Somebody ----s something with something
noun Sense 5
an orderly crowd
"a troop of children"
Type of:
crowd
Derived:
cluster constellate clump troop
noun Sense 6
(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"
Type of:
large indefinite quantity large indefinite amount
Kinds of:
flood inundation deluge torrent
Derived:
jam jampack ram chock up cram
verb Sense 7
come together as in a cluster or flock
"The poets constellate in this town every summer"
Type of:
meet gather assemble
Kinds of:
huddle huddle together bunch together bunch bunch up
Derived:
bunch clump cluster clustering troop
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s something to somebody
Somebody ----s something with something
Semantic Complexity
65%
Sense Count
7
Total Synonyms
0
Total Relationships
43
Times Searched
3
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animal group bevy covert covey exaltation gaggle congregation fold faithful travel go move