flock

flock

flock¹ [fläk]

n.

[ME floc < OE flocc, a troop, band, akin to ON flokkr, prob. < var. of IE base * pel-, to pour, fill > L plere, to fill]

1. a group of certain animals, as goats or sheep, or of birds, living, feeding, or moving together

2. any group, esp. a large one, as the members of a church or the children in a family

vi.

to assemble or travel in a flock or crowd

SYN.- GROUP

flock² [fläk]

n.

[ME flocke < OFr floc < L floccus: see FLOCCUS]

1. a small tuft of wool, cotton, etc.

2. wool or cotton waste used to stuff upholstered furniture, mattresses, etc.

3. tiny, fine fibers of wool, rayon, etc. applied to a fabric, wallpaper, or the like to form a velvetlike pattern

4. FLOC (sense 1)

vt.

to stuff or decorate with flock