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Meanings of flock in English

Portuguese
montão
Catalan
feix
Spanish
mogollón
Wikidata

(Often followed by `of') a large number or amount or extent.

      montão
      Portuguese
      aglomerar
      Catalan
      agrupar-se

      Come together as in a cluster or flock.

            aglomerar
            Portuguese
            tropa
            Catalan
            colla
            Spanish
            tropa

            An orderly crowd.

                  tropa
                  Portuguese
                  rebanho
                  Spanish
                  rebaño

                  A group of sheep or goats.

                        rebanho
                        Usage of flock in English
                        1
                        Early in the morning the poor creatures had begun to flock in.
                        Mercy Philbrick's Choice
                        2
                        Fang had to get as far away from the flock as possible.
                        Fang: a maximum ride novel
                        3
                        Nor were the Uniackes and the Invernesses the bell-wethers of the flock.
                        The Shadow of the Rope
                        4
                        The upbeat employment data led global investors to flock to higher-yielding assets.
                        Reuters
                        5
                        To-day, perhaps the most joyous of the flock lies in the earth.
                        The Golden Censer / Or, the duties of to-day, the hopes of the f...
                        6
                        They were a fine flock, although, Charlie admitted, very few in number.
                        Jem
                        7
                        Berliners and visitors flock to it day by day in their thousands.
                        The Irish Times
                        8
                        Permanent pastures favor the reinfection of the flock from year to year.
                        Common Diseases of Farm Animals
                        9
                        She stared down at the flock of children in the yard below.
                        The Amazing Interlude
                        10
                        But here you are: You're a flock and you need a leader.
                        Fang: a maximum ride novel
                        11
                        They spent some time discussing the vigour and health of Ken's flock.
                        The Long War
                        12
                        We thought you might like to know something about your new flock.
                        Hood
                        13
                        Tourists and locals flock to the area during the heavy snowfall period.
                        News.com.au
                        14
                        Behind the cultivator, a flock of blackbirds fed in the fresh-turned earth.
                        The Best Short Stories of 1915, and the Yearbook of the American...
                        15
                        The flock came together ravenous and cannibal, and the party got clear.
                        Iron Council
                        16
                        Does she set them free in a flock, or one by one?
                        The new yorker
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                        Flock through the time
                        Flock across language varieties
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                        Common
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