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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  Flock \Flock\, n. [AS. flocc flock, company; akin to Icel.
     flokkr crowd, Sw. flock, Dan. flok; prob. orig. used of
     flows, and akin to E. fly. See Fly.]
     1. 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. --Milton.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              The heathen . . . came to Nicanor by flocks. --2
                                                    Macc. xiv. 14.
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     2. A Christian church or congregation; considered in their
        relation to the pastor, or minister in charge.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              As half amazed, half frighted all his flock.
                                                    --Tennyson.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  Flock \Flock\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Flocked; p. pr. & vb. n.
     Flocking.]
     To gather in companies or crowds.
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           Friends daily flock.                     --Dryden.
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     Flocking fowl (Zo["o]l.), the greater scaup duck.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  Flock \Flock\, v. t.
     To flock to; to crowd. [Obs.]
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           Good fellows, trooping, flocked me so.   --Taylor
                                                    (1609).
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  Flock \Flock\, n. [OE. flokke; cf. D. vlok, G. flocke, OHG.
     floccho, Icel. fl[=o]ki, perh. akin to E. flicker, flacker,
     or cf. L. floccus, F. floc.]
     1. A lock of wool or hair.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              I prythee, Tom, beat Cut's saddle, put a few flocks
              in the point [pommel].                --Shak.
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     2. Woolen or cotton refuse (sing. or pl.), old rags, etc.,
        reduced to a degree of fineness by machinery, and used for
        stuffing unpholstered furniture.
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     3. 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.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     Flock bed, a bed filled with flocks or locks of coarse
        wool, or pieces of cloth cut up fine. ``Once a flock bed,
        but repaired with straw.'' --Pope.
  
     Flock paper, paper coated with flock fixed with glue or
        size.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  Flock \Flock\, v. t.
     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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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]


  Flock \Flock\, n. [AS. flocc flock, company; akin to Icel.
     flokkr crowd, Sw. flock, Dan. flok; prob. orig. used of
     flows, and akin to E. fly. See Fly.]
     1. 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. --Milton.
  
              The heathen . . . came to Nicanor by flocks. --2
                                                    Macc. xiv. 14.
  
     2. A Christian church or congregation; considered in their
        relation to the pastor, or minister in charge.
  
              As half amazed, half frighted all his flock.
                                                    --Tennyson.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]


  Flock \Flock\, v. t.
     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.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]


  Flock \Flock\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Flocked; p. pr. & vb. n.
     Flocking.]
     To gather in companies or crowds.
  
           Friends daily flock.                     --Dryden.
  
     Flocking fowl (Zo["o]l.), the greater scaup duck.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]


  Flock \Flock\, v. t.
     To flock to; to crowd. [Obs.]
  
           Good fellows, trooping, flocked me so.   --Taylor
                                                    (1609).

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]


  Flock \Flock\, n. [OE. flokke; cf. D. vlok, G. flocke, OHG.
     floccho, Icel. fl[=o]ki, perh. akin to E. flicker, flacker,
     or cf. L. floccus, F. floc.]
     1. A lock of wool or hair.
  
              I prythee, Tom, beat Cut's saddle, put a few flocks
              in the point [pommel].                --Shak.
  
     2. Woolen or cotton refuse (sing. or pl.), old rags, etc.,
        reduced to a degree of fineness by machinery, and used for
        stuffing unpholstered furniture.
  
     3. 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.
  
     Flock bed, a bed filled with flocks or locks of coarse
        wool, or pieces of cloth cut up fine. ``Once a flock bed,
        but repaired with straw.'' --Pope.
  
     Flock paper, paper coated with flock fixed with glue or
        size.

From WordNet (r) 2.0 : [ wn ]


  flock
       n 1: a church congregation guided by a pastor
       2: a group of birds
       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"; "it must
          have cost plenty" [syn: batch, deal, good deal, great
          deal, hatful, heap, lot, mass, mess, mickle,
          mint, muckle, peck, pile, plenty, pot, quite
          a little, raft, sight, slew, spate, stack, tidy
          sum, wad, whole lot, whole slew]
       4: an orderly crowd; "a troop of children" [syn: troop]
       5: a group of sheep or goats
       v 1: move as a crowd or in a group; "Tourists flocked to the
            shrine where the statue was said to have shed tears"
       2: come together as in a cluster or flock; "The poets
          constellate in this town every summer" [syn: cluster, constellate,
           clump]

From Greek Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-el-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  flock
     Αγγλικά n.
     σμήνος, σμάρι πουλιών
     Αγγλικά vb.
     συρρέω, (για πλήθος που συγκεντρώνομαι σε ένα μέρος και το
  κατακλύζει

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  flock
     Swedish n.
     1 c (l en flock); a group of people or animals
     2 c murder of crows

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  Flock
     n.
     (surname: en).

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]


  flock
     n.
     1 A number of birds together in a group, such as those gathered
  together for the purpose of migration.
     2 A large number of animals associated together in a group; commonly
  used of sheep, but (q: dated) also used for goats, farmed animals, and a
  wide variety of animals.
     3 Those served by a particular pastor or shepherd.herd/flock
     4 A large number of people.
     5 (lb en Christianity) A religious congregation.
     vb.
     1 (lb en intransitive) To congregate in or head towards a place in
  large numbers.
     2 (lb en transitive obsolete) To flock to; to crowd.
     n.
     1 Coarse tufts of wool or cotton used in bedding.
     2 A lock of wool or hair.
     3 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.
     vb.
     1 (lb en transitive) To coat a surface with dense fibers or
  particles; especially, to create a dense arrangement of fibers with a
  desired nap#Etymology 2.
     2 To cover a Christmas tree with artificial snow.

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]


  Flock
     n.
     (surname: en).

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]


  flock
     Swedish n.
     1 c (l en flock); a group of people or animals
     2 c murder of crows

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]


  Flock
     n.
     (surname: en).

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]


  flock
     Swedish n.
     1 c (l en flock); a group of people or animals
     2 c murder of crows

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]


  Flock
     n.
     (surname: en).

From Finnish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  flock
     Ruotsi n.
     1 parvi, lintuparvi
     2 lauma, katras
     3 joukko
     4 paljous
     5 (yhteys kasvitiede k=sv) sarja, sarjakukinto

From Swedish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  flock
     n.
     1 grupp, klunga, skara eller samling av en viss /nämnd/ sorts djur
  eller ''(mindre vanligt)'' människor
     2 (tagg: botanik) blomställning som karaktäriseras av att ett stort
  antal blommor sitter på var sitt ganska långt skaft, som alla utgår från
  samma punkt

From Swedish Wiktionary: Swedish language only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-sv-2023-07-27 ]


  flock
     n.
     1 grupp, klunga, skara eller samling av en viss /nämnd/ sorts djur
  eller ''(mindre vanligt)'' människor
     2 (tagg: botanik) blomställning som karaktäriseras av att ett stort
  antal blommor sitter på var sitt ganska långt skaft, som alla utgår från
  samma punkt

From English-Afrikaans FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-afr ]


  flock /flˈɒk/
  kudde, trop

From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 : [ freedict:eng-ara ]


  Flock /flˈɒk/
  القطيع

From English-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:eng-bul ]


  flock //flɑk// //flɒk// 
  1. ста́до
  group of animals, especially sheep or goats
  2. я́то
  group of birds
  3. тълпа́
  group of people
  4. па́ство
  people served by a particular pastor
  5. фъндък
  tufts of wool or cotton

From English-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:eng-bul ]


  flock //flɑk// //flɒk// 
  1. тълпя се
  to congregate
  2. матирам
  to coat