flocknoun
uk/flɒk/us/flɑːk/flock noun (GROUP)
[ C, + sing/pl verb ] a group of sheep, goats, or birds:
[ C, + sing/pl verb ] a large group of people, usually people of a particular type:
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Animal groupings
- bevy
- biomass
- brood
- colony
- covey
- drove
- eusocial
- flight
- gaggle
- herd
- hive
- menagerie
- pack
- pair
- pod
- pride
- shoal
- skein
- stud
- team
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flock noun (MATERIAL)
[ U ] US also flocking soft material used for filling objects such as cushions, or soft material that forms a raised pattern on wallpaper or curtains
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Filling and completing
- brick
- brick up sth
- brim
- crowd
- crowd sb/sth out
- fill
- jam
- occupy
- overcrowded
- overran
- overrun
- pack sth/somewhere out
- plug
- round
- supersaturated
- tank
- tank up
- top sb up
- top sth up
- wadding
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flockverb
uk/flɒk/us/flɑːk/flock verb (MOVE IN GROUP)
[ I usually + adv/prep ] to move or come together in large numbers:
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Forming groups (of people)
- be ranged against/with sth/sb
- cluster
- congregate
- convene
- converge
- corral
- crowd around (sb/sth)
- form
- gather
- get
- get together
- group
- mob
- muster
- range
- regroup
- round
- round sth/sb up
- throng
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flock verb (DECORATE)
[ T ] to cover a surface with a soft material in order to decorate it:
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Decorating or making something attractive
- accessorize
- adorn
- adornment
- beautify
- bedeck
- edged
- embellish
- festoon
- flatter
- garland
- glam
- glam (yourself) up
- ornamentation
- ornate
- pimp
- prettify
- redecorate
- twiddly
- window dressing
- zhuzh
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