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Flock
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- 1 A surname.
- 1 A number of birds together in a group, such as those gathered together for the purpose of migration.
- 2 Coarse tufts of wool or cotton used in bedding. countable, uncountable
- 3 a group of birds wordnet
- 4 A large number of animals associated together in a group; commonly used of sheep, but (dated) also used for goats, farmed animals, and a wide variety of animals.
"He told his father, and said it would be just suitable work for him to run about fields and woods amongst the strawberry hills after a flock of hares, and now and then lie down and take a nap on some sunny hill."
- 5 A lock of wool or hair. countable, uncountable
"I prythee, Tom, beat Cut's saddle, put a few flocks in the point."
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- 6 a group of sheep or goats wordnet
- 7 Those served by a particular pastor or shepherd.
"But lapsed into so long a pause again / As half amazed, half frighted all his flock: [...]"
- 8 Very fine sifted woollen refuse, especially that from shearing the nap of cloths, formerly used as a coating for wallpaper to give it a velvety or clothlike appearance; also, the dust of vegetable fibre used for a similar purpose. countable, uncountable
"There was a neat hat-and-umbrella stand, and the stranger's weary feet fell soft on a good, serviceable dark-red drugget, which matched in colour the flock-paper on the walls."
- 9 a church congregation guided by a pastor wordnet
- 10 A large number of people.
"The heathen […] came to Nicanor by flocks."
- 11 an orderly crowd wordnet
- 12 A religious congregation.
- 13 (often followed by ‘of’) a large number or amount or extent wordnet
- 1 To congregate in or head towards a place in large numbers. intransitive
"People flocked to the cinema to see the new film."
- 2 To coat a surface with dense fibers or particles; especially, to create a dense arrangement of fibers with a desired nap. transitive
"the sampling and elution advantages of flocked swabs versus spun swabs"
- 3 come together as in a cluster or flock wordnet
- 4 To flock to; to crowd. obsolete, transitive
"Good fellows, trooping, flocked me so."
- 5 To cover a Christmas tree with artificial snow. transitive
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- 6 move as a crowd or in a group wordnet
- 7 To treat a pool with chemicals to remove suspended particles. transitive
Etymology
From Middle English flok, from Old English flocc (“flock, company, troop”), from Proto-West Germanic *flokk, from Proto-Germanic *flukkaz (“crowd, troop”). Cognate with German Low German Flock (“crowd, flock”), Danish flok (“flock”), Swedish flock (“flock”), Norwegian flokk (“flock”), Faroese flokkur (“flock”), Icelandic flokkur (“flock, group”). Related also to Norman fliotchet (“flock, crowd”), from Old Norse. Perhaps related to Old English folc (“crowd, troop, band”). More at folk.
From Middle English flok, from Old English flocc (“flock, company, troop”), from Proto-West Germanic *flokk, from Proto-Germanic *flukkaz (“crowd, troop”). Cognate with German Low German Flock (“crowd, flock”), Danish flok (“flock”), Swedish flock (“flock”), Norwegian flokk (“flock”), Faroese flokkur (“flock”), Icelandic flokkur (“flock, group”). Related also to Norman fliotchet (“flock, crowd”), from Old Norse. Perhaps related to Old English folc (“crowd, troop, band”). More at folk.
From Middle English flok (“tuft of wool”), from Old French floc (“tuft of wool”), from Late Latin floccus (“tuft of wool”), probably from Frankish *flokko (“down, wool, flock”), from Proto-Germanic *flukkōn-, *flukkan-, *fluksōn- (“down, flock”), from Proto-Indo-European *plewk- (“hair, fibres, tuft”). Cognate with Old High German flocko (“down”), Middle Dutch vlocke (“flock”), Norwegian dialectal flugsa (“snowflake”). Non-Germanic cognates include Albanian flok (“hair”).
From Middle English flok (“tuft of wool”), from Old French floc (“tuft of wool”), from Late Latin floccus (“tuft of wool”), probably from Frankish *flokko (“down, wool, flock”), from Proto-Germanic *flukkōn-, *flukkan-, *fluksōn- (“down, flock”), from Proto-Indo-European *plewk- (“hair, fibres, tuft”). Cognate with Old High German flocko (“down”), Middle Dutch vlocke (“flock”), Norwegian dialectal flugsa (“snowflake”). Non-Germanic cognates include Albanian flok (“hair”).
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