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flock

/flɑk/noun, verb1 syllable

Flock means: (often followed by ‘of’) a large number or amount or extent.

Synonyms for flock45

noun, as in (often followed by ‘of’) a large number or amount or extent

batch, deal, good deal, great deal, hatful, heap, lot, mass, mess, mickle, mint, mountain, muckle, passel
and 12 more, peck, pile, plenty, pot, quite a little, raft, sight, slew, spate, stack, tidy sum, wad

noun, as in an orderly crowd

troop

noun, as in a group of sheep or goats

fold

verb, as in come together as in a cluster or flock

cluster, constellate, clump

also used for flock

congregation, laity, bunch, gaggle, horde, host, legion, litter, nest, rabble, swarm, throng, wake, floc

Includes material from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.

What does flock mean?7

noun

1

(often followed by ‘of’) a large number or amount or extent“a batch of letters”

2

an orderly crowd“a troop of children”

3

a group of sheep or goats

4

a church congregation guided by a pastor

5

a group of birds

verb

1

come together as in a cluster or flock“The poets constellate in this town every summer”

2

move as a crowd or in a group“Tourists flocked to the shrine where the statue was said to have shed tears”

Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What rhymes with flock?25

two syllables

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Flock in a sentence

  • The shepherd moved slowly forward, accompanied by his faithful dog, carefully watching his flock.samir_t
  • All the sheep in the flock were white, except for one, which was black.carlosalberto
  • And having watered the flock, he kissed her: and lifting up his voice wept.carlosalberto
  • I repeat it, and say that the world is but a flock of sheep.sacredceltic
  • Sami is our pastor, the leader of our flock.OsoHombre
  • The hunter aimed a shotgun at the flock of birds.CK
  • The geese gathered in a flock to fly away.AlanF_US
  • These clouds look like a flock of white sheep.unknown

Sentences from Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR, credited to their authors.

Forms of flock

as a noun

plural
flocks

as a verb

past tense
flocked
present participle
flocking
third-person singular
flocks
past participle
flocked