Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference - flock
Flock
flock
1. n. & v. --n. 1 a a number of animals of one kind, esp. birds, feeding or travelling together. b a number of domestic animals, esp. sheep, goats, or geese, kept together. 2 a large crowd of people. 3 a a Christian congregation or body of believers, esp. in relation to one minister. b a family of children, a number of pupils, etc. --v.intr. 1 congregate; mass. 2 (usu. foll. by to, in, out, together) go together in a crowd; troop (thousands flocked to Wembley). Etymology: OE flocc 2. n. 1 a lock or tuft of wool, cotton, etc. 2 a (also in pl.; often attrib.) material for quilting and stuffing made of wool-refuse or torn-up cloth (a flock pillow). b powdered wool or cloth. Phrases and idioms flock-paper (or -wallpaper) wallpaper sized and sprinkled with powdered wool to make a raised pattern. Derivatives flocky adj. Etymology: ME f. OF floc f. L floccus
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I. noun Etymology: Middle English, from Old English flocc crowd, band; akin to Old Norse flokkr crowd, band Date: 13th century a group of animals (as birds or sheep) assembled or herded together, a group under the guidance of a leader, a large number , II. intransitive verb Date: 14th century to gather or move in a ~ , III. noun Etymology: Middle English flok, from Anglo-French, from Latin floccus Date: 13th century a tuft of wool or cotton fiber, woolen or cotton refuse used for stuffing furniture and mattresses, very short or pulverized fiber used especially to form a velvety pattern on cloth or paper or a protective covering on metal, floc, IV. transitive verb Date: 1530 to fill with ~, to decorate with ~ ...Толковый словарь английского языка
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