flock

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flock

A flock of sheep grazes peacefully in a green meadow.

Definition

  1. Noun:

    • A group of animals, especially birds or sheep: A number of animals of one kind that are kept, feed, or travel together.
    • A large group or crowd of people: A large number of people gathered together.
    • A Christian congregation or body of believers: The members of a church under the care of a pastor or priest.

  2. Verb:

    • To gather or move in a large group: To come together or travel in a crowd or flock.
Examples

  • Noun:

    • A flock of geese flew overhead in a V-formation.
    • The shepherd tended to his flock of sheep.
    • A flock of tourists descended on the small village.
    • The pastor addressed his flock every Sunday.

  • Verb:

    • In autumn, birds flock to warmer regions.
    • People flocked to the store for the grand opening sale.
    • Reporters flocked around the celebrity to ask questions.
Advanced Usage

  • "Birds of a feather flock together": A proverb meaning people with similar interests, backgrounds, or characters tend to associate with each other.

    • He only spends time with other artists. Well, birds of a feather flock together.

  • "To tend one's flock": To care for or look after the people for whom one is responsible, especially a religious leader.

    • The bishop traveled the diocese to tend to his flock.
Variants and Related Words
  • Flocking (n): The process of gathering into a flock. Also, a textured finish applied to surfaces.
    • The flocking of starlings at dusk is called a murmuration.
Synonyms
  • Noun (group): Herd, pack, swarm, drove, gaggle, congregation.
  • Verb (gather): Congregate, assemble, converge, swarm, throng.
Related Phrasal Verbs

(The word "flock" is not commonly used with particles to form phrasal verbs. The verb is typically used alone or with "to" to indicate direction.)

Related Idioms
  • "Like a flock of sheep": Behaving in a way that is not independent; following others without thinking.
    • The protesters moved through the streets like a flock of sheep.
flock

A flock of sheep grazes peacefully in a green meadow.

Noun
  1. a group of sheep or goats
  2. an orderly crowd
    • a troop of children
  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
  4. a group of birds
  5. a church congregation guided by a pastor
Verb
  1. come together as in a cluster or flock
    • The poets constellate in this town every summer
  2. move as a crowd or in a group
    • Tourists flocked to the shrine where the statue was said to have shed tears

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