flock

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English [edit]

Pronunciation [edit]

Etymology 1 [edit]

From Middle English flock (“flock”), from Old English flocc (“flock, company, troop”), from Proto-Germanic *flukkaz, *flakka- (“crowd, troop”). Cognate with Middle Low German vlocke (“crowd, flock”), Old Norse flokkr (“crowd, troop, band, flock”). Perhaps related to Old English folc (“crowd, troop, band”). More at folk.

Noun [edit]

flock (2) of sheep.

flock (plural flocks)

  1. A large number of birds, especially those gathered together for the purpose of migration.
  2. A large number of animals, especially sheep or goats kept together.
  3. Those served by a particular pastor or shepherd
    • 1995, Green Key Books, God's Word to the Nations (John 10:16)[1]:
      I also have other sheep that are not from this pen. I must lead them. They, too, will respond to my voice. So they will be one flock with one shepherd.
  4. A large number of people
Synonyms [edit]
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Translations [edit]
group of birds
group of sheep or goats
people served by a particular pastor
group of people
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Verb [edit]

flock (third-person singular simple present flocks, present participle flocking, simple past and past participle flocked)

  1. (transitive) To congregate in or head towards a place in large numbers.
    • Dryden
      Friends daily flock.
  2. To treat a pool with chemicals to remove suspended particles.
Translations [edit]
to congregate
to treat a pool with chemicals to remove suspended particles

Etymology 2 [edit]

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 *plAwək- (“hair, fibres, tuft”). Cognate with Old High German flocko (“down”), Middle Dutch vlocke (“flock”), Norwegian dialectal flugsa (“snowflake”). Other cognate Albanian flokë ("hair").

Noun [edit]

flock (plural flocks)

  1. Coarse tufts of wool or cotton used in bedding
Translations [edit]
tufts of wool or cotton

Verb [edit]

flock (third-person singular simple present flocks, present participle flocking, simple past and past participle flocked)

  1. (transitive) To coat a surface with dense fibers or particles.
Translations [edit]
to coat

Swedish [edit]

Pronunciation [edit]

Noun [edit]

flock c

  1. flock of sheep or goats
  2. flock of birds
  3. flock of people
  4. pride of lions
  5. pack of wolves or dogs
  6. pod of whales
  7. murder of crows
  8. fever of stingrays

Declension [edit]

Declension of flock
singular plural
Common indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative flock flocken flockar flockarna
genitive flocks flockens flockars flockarnas

Related terms [edit]

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