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flock
Overview of noun flock
The noun flock has 5 senses (first 4 from tagged texts)
1. (2) flock -- (a church congregation guided by a pastor)
2. (2) flock -- (a group of birds)
3. (1) batch, deal, flock, good deal, great deal, hatful, heap, lot, mass, mess, mickle, mint, muckle, peck, pile, plenty, pot, quite a little, raft, sight, slew, spate, stack, tidy sum, wad, whole lot, whole slew -- ((often followed by `of') a large number or amount or extent; "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")
4. (1) troop, flock -- (an orderly crowd; "a troop of children")
5. flock, fold -- (a group of sheep or goats)
Overview of verb flock
The verb flock has 2 senses (first 1 from tagged texts)
1. (2) flock -- (move as a crowd or in a group; "Tourists flocked to the shrine where the statue was said to have shed tears")
2. cluster, constellate, flock, clump -- (come together as in a cluster or flock; "The poets constellate in this town every summer")
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun flock
5 senses of flock
Sense 1
flock
=> congregation, fold, faithful
=> social group
=> group, grouping
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Sense 2
flock
=> animal group
=> biological group
=> group, grouping
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Sense 3
batch, deal, flock, good deal, great deal, hatful, heap, lot, mass, mess, mickle, mint, muckle, peck, pile, plenty, pot, quite a little, raft, sight, slew, spate, stack, tidy sum, wad, whole lot, whole slew
=> large indefinite quantity, large indefinite amount
=> indefinite quantity
=> measure, quantity, amount
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Sense 4
troop, flock
=> crowd
=> gathering, assemblage
=> social group
=> group, grouping
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Sense 5
flock, fold
=> animal group
=> biological group
=> group, grouping
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Hyponyms of noun flock
2 of 5 senses of flock
Sense 2
flock
=> bevy
=> covert
=> covey
=> exaltation
=> gaggle
=> wisp
=> flight
Sense 3
batch, deal, flock, good deal, great deal, hatful, heap, lot, mass, mess, mickle, mint, muckle, peck, pile, plenty, pot, quite a little, raft, sight, slew, spate, stack, tidy sum, wad, whole lot, whole slew
=> flood, inundation, deluge, torrent
=> haymow
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun flock
5 senses of flock
Sense 1
flock
=> congregation, fold, faithful
Sense 2
flock
=> animal group
Sense 3
batch, deal, flock, good deal, great deal, hatful, heap, lot, mass, mess, mickle, mint, muckle, peck, pile, plenty, pot, quite a little, raft, sight, slew, spate, stack, tidy sum, wad, whole lot, whole slew
=> large indefinite quantity, large indefinite amount
Sense 4
troop, flock
=> crowd
Sense 5
flock, fold
=> animal group
Antonyms of noun flock
Member Holonyms of noun flock
Substance Holonyms of noun flock
Part Holonyms of noun flock
Member Meronyms of noun flock
2 of 5 senses of flock
Sense 2
flock
HAS MEMBER: bird
Sense 5
flock, fold
HAS MEMBER: sheep
Substance Meronyms of noun flock
Part Meronyms of noun flock
Meronyms of noun flock
2 of 5 senses of flock
Sense 2
flock
HAS MEMBER: bird
Sense 5
flock, fold
HAS MEMBER: sheep
Holonyms of noun flock
Attributes of noun flock
Derived Forms of noun flock
1 of 5 senses of flock
Sense 4
troop, flock
RELATED TO>(verb) flock#2
=> cluster, constellate, flock, clump
RELATED TO>(verb) flock#1
=> flock
Domain of noun flock
Domain Terms of noun flock
Familiarity of noun flock
flock used as a noun is common (polysemy count =5)
Coordinate Terms (sisters) of noun flock
5 senses of flock
Sense 1
flock
> congregation, fold, faithful
=> flock
Sense 2
flock
> animal group
=> team
=> brood
=> flock
=> flock, fold
=> herd
=> herd
=> pack
=> pod
=> pride
=> clowder
=> school, shoal
=> colony
=> colony
=> swarm, cloud
=> warren
=> breed, strain, stock
=> drove
=> litter
Sense 3
batch, deal, flock, good deal, great deal, hatful, heap, lot, mass, mess, mickle, mint, muckle, peck, pile, plenty, pot, quite a little, raft, sight, slew, spate, stack, tidy sum, wad, whole lot, whole slew
> large indefinite quantity, large indefinite amount
=> chunk
=> busload
=> barrels
=> batch, deal, flock, good deal, great deal, hatful, heap, lot, mass, mess, mickle, mint, muckle, peck, pile, plenty, pot, quite a little, raft, sight, slew, spate, stack, tidy sum, wad, whole lot, whole slew
=> battalion, large number, multitude, plurality, pack
=> billyo, billyoh, billy-ho, all get out
=> boatload, shipload, carload
=> infinitude
=> maximum, upper limit
=> mile
=> million, billion, trillion, zillion, jillion
=> much
=> myriad
=> ocean, sea
=> ream
=> small fortune
=> tons, dozens, heaps, lots, mountain, piles, scores, stacks, loads, rafts, slews, wads, oodles, gobs, scads, lashings
Sense 4
troop, flock
> crowd
=> army
=> crush, jam, press
=> drove, horde, swarm
=> huddle
=> mob, rabble, rout
=> phalanx
=> troop, flock
Sense 5
flock, fold
> animal group
=> team
=> brood
=> flock
=> flock, fold
=> herd
=> herd
=> pack
=> pod
=> pride
=> clowder
=> school, shoal
=> colony
=> colony
=> swarm, cloud
=> warren
=> breed, strain, stock
=> drove
=> litter
Meronyms of noun flock
5 senses of flock
Sense 2
flock
HAS MEMBER: bird
Sense 5
flock, fold
HAS MEMBER: sheep
Holonyms of noun flock
Grep of noun flock
flock
Antonyms of verb flock
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb flock
2 senses of flock
Sense 1
flock
=> travel, go, move, locomote
Sense 2
cluster, constellate, flock, clump
=> meet, gather, assemble, forgather, foregather
=> interact
=> act, move
Troponyms (hyponyms) of verb flock
1 of 2 senses of flock
Sense 2
cluster, constellate, flock, clump
=> huddle, huddle together
=> bunch together, bunch, bunch up
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb flock
2 senses of flock
Sense 1
flock
=> travel, go, move, locomote
Sense 2
cluster, constellate, flock, clump
=> meet, gather, assemble, forgather, foregather
'Cause To' of verb flock
Derived Forms of verb flock
2 senses of flock
Sense 1
flock
RELATED TO>(noun) flock#4
=> troop, flock
Sense 2
cluster, constellate, flock, clump
RELATED TO>(noun) flock#4
=> troop, flock
Domain of verb flock
Domain Terms of verb flock
Familiarity of verb flock
flock used as a verb is rare (polysemy count =2)
Sample Sentences of verb flock
2 senses of flock
Sense 1
flock
*> Something is ----ing PP
*> Somebody ----s PP
Sense 2
cluster, constellate, flock, clump
EX: The crowds flock in the streets
Coordinate Terms (sisters) of verb flock
2 senses of flock
Sense 1
flock
> travel, go, move, locomote
=> go around, spread, circulate
=> carry
=> ease
=> whish
=> float
=> swap
=> seek
=> whine
=> fly
=> ride
=> come
=> ghost
=> betake oneself
=> pass over, overfly
=> travel
=> wend
=> do
=> raft
=> get around, get about
=> repair, resort
=> cruise
=> travel, journey
=> come, come up
=> round
=> trundle
=> push
=> travel purposefully
=> swing
=> roll, wander, swan, stray, tramp, roam, cast, ramble, rove, range, drift, vagabond
=> walk, take the air
=> weave, wind, thread, meander, wander
=> forge, spurt, spirt
=> crawl, creep
=> scramble
=> slither, slide
=> wheel, roll
=> glide
=> bounce, jounce
=> breeze
=> float, drift, be adrift, blow
=> play
=> float, swim
=> walk
=> turn, move around
=> circle
=> slice into, slice through
=> stray, err, drift
=> run
=> step
=> drive, motor
=> automobile
=> ski
=> fly, wing
=> steamer, steam
=> tram
=> taxi
=> ferry
=> caravan
=> ride, sit
=> prance
=> swim
=> rise, lift, arise, move up, go up, come up, uprise
=> ascend, go up
=> descend, fall, go down, come down
=> fall
=> zigzag, crank
=> follow, travel along
=> advance, progress, pass on, move on, march on, go on
=> withdraw, retreat, pull away, draw back, recede, pull back, retire, move back
=> retrograde
=> proceed, go forward, continue
=> back
=> pan
=> follow
=> precede, lead
=> pursue, follow
=> return, go back, get back, come back
=> derail, jump
=> flock
=> accompany
=> billow
=> circulate
=> circle, circulate
=> angle
=> pass, go through, go across
=> travel by, pass by, surpass, go past, go by, pass
=> travel rapidly, speed, hurry, zip
=> speed
=> zoom
=> drive
=> rush, hotfoot, hasten, hie, speed, race, pelt along, rush along, cannonball along, bucket along, belt along
=> trail, shack
=> shuttle
=> hiss, whoosh
=> whisk
=> career
=> circuit
=> lance
=> outflank, go around
=> propagate
=> draw
=> transfer, change
=> swash
=> pace
=> step, tread
=> step
=> hurtle
=> retreat
=> whistle
=> island hop
=> plow, plough
=> lurch
=> sift
=> fall
=> drag
=> run
=> bang
=> precess
=> travel, move around
=> ride
=> snowshoe
=> beetle
Sense 2
cluster, constellate, flock, clump
> meet, gather, assemble, forgather, foregather
=> group, aggroup
=> meet
=> congregate
=> hive
=> fort, fort up
=> convene
=> cluster, constellate, flock, clump
=> crowd, crowd together
=> converge
=> turn out
=> caucus
=> club
Synonyms (Grouped by Similarity of Meaning) of verb flock
Sense 1
flock
=> travel, go, move, locomote
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Sense 2
cluster, constellate, flock, clump
=> meet, gather, assemble, forgather, foregather
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Grep of verb flock
flock
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