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flock1 definition

flock (fläk)

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

to assemble or travel in a flock or crowd
flock2 definition

flock (fläk)

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

to stuff or decorate with flock

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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