flock
A large number of animals associated together in a groupA number of birds together in a group, such as those gathered together for the purpose of migration.: A large number of animals associated together in a group; commonly used of sheep, but (dated) also used for goats or other livestock animals, or sometimes any group of animals.
» Birds of a feather flock together.
Gleich und Gleich gesellt sich gern.
Gleich und gleich gesellt sich gern.
Рыбак рыбака видит издалека.
Два чоботи пара.
Meaning
8 sensesA number of birds together in a group, such as those gathered together for the purpose of migration.
(collective)A large number of animals associated together in a group; commonly used of sheep, but (dated) also used for goats or other livestock animals, or sometimes any group of animals.
Herde, Schwarm, Schar
ста́доstádo, ота́раotára, ста́яstája
ста́доstádo, череда́čeredá, ота́раotára
a group of sheep or goats
(collective)The group of sheep being watched by one shepherd.
a group of birds
(collective)A large number of people.
Schar
толпа́tolpá
(often followed by ‘of’) a large number or amount or extent
Those served by a particular pastor or shepherd.
Those served by a particular pastor or shepherd.
A religious congregation.
па́стваpástva, гру́ппаgrúppa
a church congregation guided by a pastor
(countable, uncountable)Coarse tufts of wool or cotton used in bedding.
клокklok
(countable, uncountable)A lock of wool or hair.
(countable, uncountable)Very fine sifted woollen refuse, especially that from shearing the nap of cloths, formerly used as a coating for wallpaper to give it a velvety or clothlike appearance; also, the dust of vegetable fibre used for a similar purpose.
Examples
125 sentencesBirds of a feather flock together.
Два чоботи пара. — deniko
ruРыбак рыбака видит издалека. — Biga
deGleich und Gleich gesellt sich gern. — MUIRIEL
I saw a flock of sheep.
ruЯ видел стадо овец. — odexed
deIch sah eine Schafherde. — Melang
There's a black sheep in every flock.
ruВ каждом стаде есть чёрная овца. — marafon
deIn jeder Herde gibt es ein schwarzes Schaf. — MUIRIEL
The shepherd was watching his flock of sheep.
The hunter aimed a shotgun at the flock of birds.
ruОхотник нацелил ружьё на стаю птиц. — Wezel
deDer Jäger zielte mit einem Jagdgewehr auf den Vogelschwarm. — Esperantostern
Translations
9 languagesBy meaning 2
By meaning 5
By meaning 2
Origin
From Middle English flok, from Old English flocc (“flock, company, troop”), from Proto-WesFrom Middle English flok, from Old English flocc (“flock, company, troop”), from Proto-West Germanic *flokk, from Proto-Germanic *flukkaz (“crowd, troop”). Cognate with German Low German Flock (“crowd, flock”), Danish flok (“flock”), Swedish flock (“flock”), Norwegian flokk (“flock”), Faroese flokkur (“flock”), Icelandic flokkur (“flock, group”). Related also to Norman fliotchet (“flock, crowd”), from Old Norse. Perhaps related to Old English folc (“crowd, troop, band”). More at folk.
From Middle English flok (“tuft of wool”), from Old French floc (“tuft of wool”), from Late Latin floccus (“tuft of wool”), probably from Frankish *flokko (“down, wool, flock”), from Proto-Germanic *flukkōn-, *flukkan-, *fluksōn- (“down, flock”), from Proto-Indo-European *plewk- (“hair, fibres, tuft”). Cognate with Old High German flocko (“down”), Middle Dutch vlocke (“flock”), Norwegian dialectal flugsa (“snowflake”). Non-Germanic cognates include Albanian flok (“hair”).
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