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Antonyms for flock

Grammar : Noun, verb
Spell : flok
Phonetic Transcription : flÉ’k

Definition of flock

Origin :
  • Old English flocc "a group of persons, company, troop," related to Old Norse flokkr "crowd, troop, band," Middle Low German vlocke "crowd, flock (of sheep);" not found in other Germanic languages; perhaps related to folc "people," but the metathesis would have been unusual for Old English.
  • Extended c.1200 to "a number of animals of one kind moving or feeding together;" of domestic animals c.1300. Transferred to bodies of Christians, in relation to Christ or their local pastor, from mid-14c.
  • noun congregation
  • verb congregate
Example sentences :
  • Hester knew nothing of the state of either, nor had they ever belonged to her flock.
  • Extract from : « Weighed and Wanting » by George MacDonald
  • They had stumbled in the dark on the bedding-place of a flock of Bighorn.
  • Extract from : « The Trail Book » by Mary Austin
  • They could feel the flock huddling back, and the warmth of the packed fleeces.
  • Extract from : « The Trail Book » by Mary Austin
  • There's a world of difference catering for a Set, and a Flock.
  • Extract from : « It Happened in Egypt » by C. N. Williamson
  • Yet it had sufficed that the nations should flock there for a pestilence to break out.
  • Extract from : « The Three Cities Trilogy, Complete » by Emile Zola
  • They only tolerate the female Orders, and will only have one flock.
  • Extract from : « The Three Cities Trilogy, Complete » by Emile Zola
  • With the dragoons round us we should be like a flock of sheep amid a pack of wolves.
  • Extract from : « Micah Clarke » by Arthur Conan Doyle
  • Let each preach to his own, but let him not interfere with the flock of his neighbour.
  • Extract from : « Micah Clarke » by Arthur Conan Doyle
  • But Mrs. Day rounded on me, and the meeting followed her like a flock of sheep.
  • Extract from : « The Law-Breakers » by Ridgwell Cullum
  • Yonder is his flock; and there sits he on a rock blowing his doleful reed.
  • Extract from : « The Book of Khalid » by Ameen Rihani

Synonyms for flock

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