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   Flock

   /fläk/

   

   noun

   • 1. a number of birds of one kind feeding, resting, or traveling together: "a flock of gulls" Similar groupflightcongregation
   • ▪ a number of domestic animals, especially sheep, goats, or geese, that are kept together: "a flock of sheep" Similar herddrovefold
   • ▪ large crowds of people: "flocks of young people hung around at twilight" Similar crowdthronghordemobrabblelarge numbermassmultitudehostarmypackswarmseastreamtroupepresscrushfloodcollectioncompanygatheringassemblyassemblageinformal:gaggleshowerarchaic:rout
   • ▪ a group of children or students in someone's charge.
   • ▪ a Christian congregation or body of believers, especially one under the charge of a particular minister: "Thomas addressed his flock"

   verb

   • 1. congregate or mass in a flock or large group: "students flocked to spring break sites"

   Word Origin Old Englishflocc, of unknown origin. The original sense was ‘a band or body of people’: this became obsolete, but has been reintroduced as a transferred use of the sense ‘a number of animals kept together’.

   Scrabble Points: 14

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   Flock, drove, herd, pack refer to a company of animals, often under the care or guidance of someone. Flock is the popular term, which applies to groups of animals, especially of sheep or goats, and companies of birds: This lamb is the choicest of the flock.

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   What does flock mean?

   • 1, 2. Flock, drove, herd, pack refer to a company of animals, often under the care or guidance of someone. Flock is the popular term, which applies to groups of animals, especially of sheep or goats, and companies of birds: This lamb is the choicest of the flock. A flock of wild geese flew overhead.

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   What is a flock of animals called?

   • Flock, drove, herd, pack refer to a company of animals, often under the care or guidance of someone. Flock is the popular term, which applies to groups of animals, esp. of sheep or goats, and companies of birds: This lamb is the choicest of the flock. A flock of wild geese flew overhead.

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   What does flok mean in English?

   • First recorded before 1000; Middle English noun flok, Old English floc; cognate with Old Norse flokkr; the verb is derivative of the noun 1, 2. Flock, drove, herd, pack refer to a company of animals, often under the care or guidance of someone.

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   What is the difference between flock and drove?

   • Flock is the popular term, which applies to groups of animals, especially of sheep or goats, and companies of birds: This lamb is the choicest of the flock. A flock of wild geese flew overhead. Drove is especially applied to a number of oxen, sheep, or swine when driven in a group: A drove of oxen was taken to market.

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   Definition of flock noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.

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   flock meaning, definition, what is flock: a group of sheep, goats, or birds: Learn more.

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   FLOCK definition: 1. a group of birds or sheep: 2. a group of people led by one person: 3. to move or come together…. Learn more.

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   Flock, drove, herd, pack refer to a company of animals, often under the care or guidance of someone. Flock is the popular term, which applies to groups of animals, esp. of sheep or goats, and companies of birds: This lamb is the choicest of the flock.

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   What does the noun flock mean? There are seven meanings listed in OED's entry for the noun flock . See ‘Meaning & use’ for definitions, usage, and quotation evidence.