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flock

Dictionary definition · flock

noun

  1. a church congregation guided by a pastor
  2. a group of birds
  3. (often followed by ‘of’) a large number or amount or extent"a batch of letters"
  4. an orderly crowd"a troop of children"
  5. a group of sheep or goats

verb

  1. move as a crowd or in a group"Tourists flocked to the shrine where the statue was said to have shed tears"
  2. come together as in a cluster or flock"The poets constellate in this town every summer"

Source: Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0).