B1verb · transitive · rare

flock

flock · flocks · flocked · flocking

стекаться, сбиваться, толпиться

strömen, sich scharen

To congregate in or head towards a place in large numbersTo congregate in or head towards a place in large numbers.

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UK/flɒk/US/flɑk/

» Birds of a feather flock together.

Gleich und Gleich gesellt sich gern. — MUIRIEL

Gleich und gleich gesellt sich gern. — Sudajaengi

Рыбак рыбака видит издалека. — Biga

Два чоботи пара. — deniko

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Meaning

5 senses

(intransitive)To congregate in or head towards a place in large numbers.
People flocked to the cinema to see the new film.
strömen, sich scharen
стека́тьсяstekátʹsja, сбива́тьсяsbivátʹsja, толпи́тьсяtolpítʹsja
(transitive)To coat a surface with dense fibers or particles; especially, to create a dense arrangement of fibers with a desired nap.
the sampling and elution advantages of flocked swabs versus spun swabs
(transitive)To cover a Christmas tree with artificial snow.
(transitive)To treat a pool with chemicals to remove suspended particles.
(obsolete, transitive)To flock to; to crowd.
move as a crowd or in a group

Examples

125 sentences

Birds of a feather flock together.
Два чоботи пара. — deniko
ruРыбак рыбака видит издалека. — Biga
deGleich und Gleich gesellt sich gern. — MUIRIEL
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I saw a flock of sheep.
ruЯ видел стадо овец. — odexed
deIch sah eine Schafherde. — Melang
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There's a black sheep in every flock.
ruВ каждом стаде есть чёрная овца. — marafon
deIn jeder Herde gibt es ein schwarzes Schaf. — MUIRIEL
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The shepherd was watching his flock of sheep.
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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
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Translations

6 languages

Русский

By meaning 1

to congregate:

Deutsch

By meaning 1

to congregate:

Origin

From Middle English flok, from Old English flocc (“flock, company, troop”), from Proto-Wes

From 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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