flock

Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th

flock [flock flocks flocked flocking] noun, verb BrE [flɒk] NAmE [flɑːk]
noun
1. countable + singular or plural verb ~ (of sth) a group of sheep, ↑goats or birds of the same type
compare ↑herd
2. countable + singular or plural verb ~ (of sb) a large group of people, especially of the same type
•a flock of children/reporters
•They came in flocks to see the procession.
3. countable + singular or plural verb (literary)the group of people who regularly attend the church of a particular priest, etc.
4. uncountable small pieces of soft material used for filling ↑cushions, chairs, etc
•a flock mattress
5. uncountable small pieces of soft material on the surface of paper or cloth that produce a raised pattern
•flock wallpaper

Word Origin:
n. senses 1 to 3 and v. Old English flocc ‘a band or body of people’ ‘a number of animals kept together’ n. senses 4 to 5 Middle English Old French floc Latin floccus ‘lock or tuft of wool’

Example Bank:
•These birds fly in huge flocks.
•a large flock of sheep
•A flock of birds passed overhead.
•He looks after a flock of 500 sheep.

 
verb intransitive
to go or gather together somewhere in large numbers
•+ adv./prep. Thousands of people flocked to the beach this weekend.
•Huge numbers of birds had flocked together by the lake.
•~ to do sth People flocked to hear him speak.
see birds of a feather (flock together) at ↑bird
Verb forms:

Word Origin:
n. senses 1 to 3 and v. Old English flocc ‘a band or body of people’ ‘a number of animals kept together’ n. senses 4 to 5 Middle English Old French floc Latin floccus ‘lock or tuft of wool’
 

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  fold, troop, batch, cluster, constellate, clump