- 1. n. A company or collection of living creatures; -- especially applied to sheep and birds, rarely to persons or (except in the plural) to cattle and other large animals; as, a flock of ravenous fowl. Source: opted
- 2. n. A Christian church or congregation; considered in their relation to the pastor, or minister in charge. Source: opted
- 3. v. i. To gather in companies or crowds. Source: opted
- 4. v. t. To flock to; to crowd. Source: opted
- 5. n. A lock of wool or hair. Source: opted
- 6. n. Woolen or cotton refuse (sing. / pl.), old rags, etc., reduced to a degree of fineness by machinery, and used for stuffing unpholstered furniture. Source: opted
- 7. sing. / pl. Very fine, sifted, woolen refuse, especially that from shearing the nap of cloths, used as a coating for wall paper to give it a velvety or clothlike appearance; also, the dust of vegetable fiber used for a similar purpose. Source: opted
- 8. v. t. To coat with flock, as wall paper; to roughen the surface of (as glass) so as to give an appearance of being covered with fine flock. Source: opted
- 9. n. a church congregation guided by a pastor Source: wordnet
- 10. n. a group of birds Source: wordnet
- 11. n. (often followed by ‘of’) a large number or amount or extent Source: wordnet
- 12. n. an orderly crowd Source: wordnet
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