FLOCK
\flˈɒk], \flˈɒk], \f_l_ˈɒ_k]\
Definitions of FLOCK
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
- 1790 - A Complete Dictionary of the English Language
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come together as in a cluster or flock; "The poets constellate in this town every summer"
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a group of birds
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a group of sheep or goats
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a church congregation guided by a pastor
By Princeton University
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come together as in a cluster or flock; "The poets constellate in this town every summer"
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a group of birds
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a group of sheep or goats
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a church congregation guided by a pastor
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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A Christian church or congregation; considered in their relation to the pastor, or minister in charge.
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To gather in companies or crowds.
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To flock to; to crowd.
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A lock of wool or hair.
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Very fine, sifted, woolen refuse, especially that from shearing the nap of cloths, used as a coating for wall paper to give it a velvety or clothlike appearance; also, the dust of vegetable fiber used for a similar purpose.
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To coat with flock, as wall paper; to roughen the surface of (as glass) so as to give an appearance of being covered with fine flock.
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A company or collection of living creatures; - especially applied to sheep and birds, rarely to persons or (except in the plural) to cattle and other large animals; as, a flock of ravenous fowl.
By Oddity Software
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A Christian church or congregation; considered in their relation to the pastor, or minister in charge.
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To gather in companies or crowds.
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To flock to; to crowd.
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A lock of wool or hair.
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Very fine, sifted, woolen refuse, especially that from shearing the nap of cloths, used as a coating for wall paper to give it a velvety or clothlike appearance; also, the dust of vegetable fiber used for a similar purpose.
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To coat with flock, as wall paper; to roughen the surface of (as glass) so as to give an appearance of being covered with fine flock.
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A company or collection of living creatures; - especially applied to sheep and birds, rarely to persons or (except in the plural) to cattle and other large animals; as, a flock of ravenous fowl.
By Noah Webster.
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A company or collection of sheep, birds, etc.; a congregation; crowd; a lock of wool; fiberlike material used for stuffing upholstery or cushions, etc.
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To come together in a crowd; assemble.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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A flight of birds sitting on the ground; a company; a Christian congregation.
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To gather in flocks or in crowds.
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A lock of wool.
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
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To assemble; congregate.
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A company or herd of animals, as sheep or birds.
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A congregation, church, or parish.
By James Champlin Fernald
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n. [Anglo-Saxon, German, Latin] A company or collection of living creatures—especially applied to sheep and birds;—a Christian congregation;—a lock of wool or hair;—finely powdered wool or cloth, used when coloured for making flock-paper;—pl. The refuse of cotton and wool, or the shearing of woollen, goods.
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