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flock1
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- pronunciation:
- flak
- parts of speech:
- noun, intransitive verb
- features:
- Word Combinations (noun, verb), Word Explorer
| part of speech: |
noun |
| definition 1: |
a group of animals or birds of one kind keeping or kept together, such as geese or sheep.
A flock of sheep grazed on the hillside.
- synonyms:
- drove, herd
- similar words:
- band, bevy, fold, mob, multitude, pack, swarm, throng
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| definition 2: |
a large group of people or things.
A flock of reporters waited outside the courtroom.- synonyms:
- army, horde, host, mass, multitude, throng
- similar words:
- band, bevy, crowd, crush, drove, gang, herd, legion, mob, multiplicity, press, swarm
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| definition 3: |
a group of followers or adherents, esp. of a religious leader.
The priest worried that increasing members of his flock were leaving the church.- synonyms:
- fold, following
- similar words:
- followers, sheep
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| related words: |
army, assembly, church, cluster, confluence, congregation, convocation, pride, throng |
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| part of speech: |
intransitive verb |
| inflections: |
flocks, flocking, flocked |
| definition: |
to gather or travel in a crowd, group, or flock.
Visitors flocked to the new museum.- synonyms:
- swarm, throng
- similar words:
- band, crowd, gang, herd, mass, mill
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| related words: |
chum, cluster, pile, swarm, throng |
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