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| 1. | [ verb ] move as a crowd or in a group | |
| Examples: | "Tourists flocked to the shrine where the statue was said to have shed tears" |
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| Related terms: | travel troop | |
| 2. | [ noun ] (biology,zoology) a group of birds | |
| Related terms: | animal_group bevy covey gaggle wisp covert flight exaltation bird | |
| 3. | [ noun ] (religion) a church congregation guided by a pastor | |
| Related terms: | congregation | |
| 4. | [ noun ] an orderly crowd | |
| Synonyms: | troop | |
| Examples: | "a troop of children" |
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| Related terms: | crowd cluster | |
| 5. | [ noun ] (often followed by `of') a large number or amount or extent | |
| Synonyms: | mass good_deal lot great_deal pile heap plenty sight deal whole_lot mint pot raft mess slew quite_a_little stack mickle hatful spate wad tidy_sum whole_slew peck muckle batch | |
| Examples: | : "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" |
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| Related terms: | large_indefinite_quantity flood jam heap | |
| 6. | [ noun ] Last name, frequency rank in the U.S. is 16165 | |
| 7. | [ verb ] come together as in a cluster or flock | |
| Synonyms: | cluster clump constellate | |
| Examples: | "The poets constellate in this town every summer" |
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| Related terms: | meet gather huddle bunch_together bunch configuration | |
| 8. | [ noun ] (biology,zoology) a group of sheep or goats | |
| Related terms: | animal_group sheep | |
| Similar spelling: |
floc Flook flick Fleck Flack flak fluky fluke Fleek flask flaky flake Flach flukey floozy Flecha flakey floozie |
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