noun

1. a group of certain animals, as goats or sheep, or of birds, living, feeding, or moving together
2. any group, esp. a large one, as the members of a church or the children in a family

Etymology: ME floc < OE flocc, a troop, band, akin to ON flokkr, prob. < var. of IE base *pel-, to pour, fill > L plere, to fill

intransitive verb

noun

1. a small tuft of wool, cotton, etc.
2. wool or cotton waste used to stuff upholstered furniture, mattresses, etc.
3. tiny, fine fibers of wool, rayon, etc. applied to a fabric, wallpaper, or the like to form a velvetlike pattern
4. floc (sense )

Etymology: ME flocke < OFr floc < L floccus: see floccus

transitive verb