Meaning & Definition of Flock in English
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Flock
/flɑk/
noun
1. A church congregation guided by a pastor
synonym:
- flock
2. A group of birds
synonym:
- flock
3. (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"
synonym:
- batch,
- deal,
- flock,
- 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
4. An orderly crowd
- "A troop of children"
synonym:
- troop,
- flock
5. A group of sheep or goats
synonym:
- flock,
- fold
verb
1. Move as a crowd or in a group
- "Tourists flocked to the shrine where the statue was said to have shed tears"
synonym:
- flock
2. Come together as in a cluster or flock
- "The poets constellate in this town every summer"
synonym:
- cluster,
- constellate,
- flock,
- clump
Examples of using
A flock of sheep was grazing in the fields.
A flock of birds whirled across the sky.
Birds of a feather flock together.