NOUN | group | flock | a church congregation guided by a pastor |
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group | flock | a group of birds | |
quantity | flock, batch, deal, good deal, great deal, hatful, heap, lot, mass, mess, mickle, mint, mountain, muckle, passel, peck, pile, plenty, pot, quite a little, raft, sight, slew, spate, stack, tidy sum, wad | (often followed by 'of') a large number or amount or extent | |
group | flock, troop | an orderly crowd | |
group | flock, fold | a group of sheep or goats | |
VERB | motion | flock | move as a crowd or in a group |
motion | flock, cluster, constellate, clump | come together as in a cluster or flock |
Sounds | flaa'k | |
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Rhymes | aftershock ... woodcock: 87 rhymes with aak... |
Meaning | A church congregation guided by a pastor. | |
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Broader | congregation, fold, faithful | A group of people who adhere to a common faith and habitually attend a given church |
Spanish | grey |
Meaning | A group of birds. | |
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Members | bird | warm-blooded egg-laying vertebrates characterized by feathers and forelimbs modified as wings |
Narrower | bevy | A flock of birds (especially when gathered close together on the ground) |
covert | A flock of coots | |
covey | A small flock of grouse or partridge | |
exaltation | A flock of larks (especially a flock of larks in flight overhead) | |
flight | A flock of flying birds | |
gaggle | A flock of geese | |
wisp | A flock of snipe | |
Broader | animal group | A group of animals |
Spanish | bandada, banda | |
Catalan | bandada, esbart, vol |
Meaning | (often followed by 'of') a large number or amount or extent. | |
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Synonyms | batch, deal, good deal, great deal, hatful, heap, lot, mass, mess, mickle, mint, mountain, muckle, passel, peck, pile, plenty, pot, quite a little, raft, sight, slew, spate, stack, tidy sum, wad | |
Narrower | flood, inundation, deluge, torrent | An overwhelming number or amount |
haymow | A mass of hay piled up in a barn for preservation | |
Broader | large indefinite quantity, large indefinite amount | An indefinite quantity that is above the average in size or magnitude |
Spanish | avalancha, barbaridad, bestialidad, burrada, cantidad, cúmulo, enormidad, fajo, lote, mogollón, montaña, montón, multitud, passel, pila | |
Catalan | apilament, apilotament, castell, cúmul, estiba, feix, lot, manyoc, muntanya, munt, passel, pila, pilot, quantitat, tou |
Meaning | An orderly crowd. | |
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Synonym | troop | |
Broader | crowd | A large number of things or people considered together |
Spanish | banda, tropa | |
Catalan | bandada, colla, estol, tropa | |
Verbs | flock | come together as in a cluster or flock |
flock | move as a crowd or in a group |
Meaning | A group of sheep or goats. | |
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Synonym | fold | |
Members | sheep | woolly usually horned ruminant mammal related to the goat |
Broader | animal group | A group of animals |
Spanish | bandada, hato, manada, rebaño | |
Catalan | bandada, ramat |
Meaning | Move as a crowd or in a group. | |
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Pattern | Something is ----ing PP; Somebody ----s PP | |
Example | "Tourists flocked to the shrine where the statue was said to have shed tears" | |
Broader | travel, go, move, locomote | change location |
Spanish | andar en tropel, congregarse, ir en procesión, ir en tropel | |
Catalan | congregar-se | |
Nouns | flock | an orderly crowd |
Meaning | Come together as in a cluster or flock. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s; Something is ----ing PP; Somebody ----s PP | |
Model | The crowds flock in the streets | |
Synonyms | cluster, constellate, clump | |
Narrower | bunch together, bunch, bunch up | form into a bunch |
huddle, huddle together | crowd or draw together | |
Broader | meet, gather, assemble, forgather, foregather | Collect in one place |
Spanish | aglomerar, agruparse, agrupar, apiñarse | |
Catalan | agrupar-se, agrupar, apilotar-se, apinyar-se, arraïmar-se, congregar-se | |
Nouns | flock | an orderly crowd |
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