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flock
has definitions from the fields of biology,zoology,religion
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[ verb ] move as a crowd or in a group
Examples "Tourists flocked to the shrine where the statue was said to have shed tears" Used in print (Edwin L. Bigelow and Nancy H. Otis,...)These were the years when people flocked to Manchester not_only to play golf , which had come into vogue , but also to witness the Ekwanok Country_Club tournaments . |
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[ noun ] (biology,zoology) a group of birds
Used in print (Orlin J. Scoville, Part-Time Farming...)Three quarters to 1 acre of good land is enough for raising fruits and vegetables for home use , and for a small flock of chickens , a cow , and two pigs . Related terms animal_group bevy covey gaggle wisp covert flight exaltation bird |
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[ noun ] (religion) a church congregation guided by a pastor
Used in print (Schubert Ogden, Christ Without Myth....)To_be_sure , when this is pointed_out , a common response among certain churchmen is to fulminate about `` the little flock '' and `` the great crowd '' and to take solace from Paul 's castigation of the `` wisdom of the wise '' in the opening chapter of First_Corinthians . (W. E. B. DuBois, Worlds of Color....)He was stern and overbearing with his flock , but obsequious and conciliatory with the whites , especially the rich who partly supported the church . Related terms |
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[ noun ] (often followed by `of') a large number or amount or extent
Examples : "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" Related terms |
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[ noun ] Last name, frequency rank in the U.S. is 16165
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[ verb ] come together as in a cluster or flock
Synonyms Examples "The poets constellate in this town every summer" Related terms |
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[ noun ] (biology,zoology) a group of sheep or goats
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