flock

(Inglés)

Noun

1. A number of birds together in a group, such as those gathered together for the purpose of migration.
2. A large number of animals associated together in a group; commonly used of sheep, but (dated) also used for goats, farmed animals, and a wide variety of animals.
3. Those served by a particular pastor or shepherd.
4. A large number of people.
5. A religious congregation.

Verb

1. (intransitive) To congregate in or head towards a place in large numbers.
2. (obsolete, transitive) To flock to; to crowd.

Verb

1. (transitive) To coat a surface with dense fibers or particles; especially, to create a dense arrangement of fibers with a desired nap.
2. (transitive) To cover a Christmas tree with artificial snow.
3. (transitive) To treat a pool with chemicals to remove suspended particles.

Pronunciado como (IPA)

/flɒk/

Etimología (Inglés)

Heredado de inglés medio: flok

Heredado de inglés antiguo: flocc

Cognado con Middle Low German: vlocke

Cognado con danés: flok

Cognado con sueco: flock

Cognado con noruego: flokk

Cognado con feroés: flokkur

Cognado con islandés: flokkur

Cognado con Jèrriais: fliotchet

Cognado con inglés antiguo: folc

Cognado con alto alemán antiguo: flocko

Cognado con neerlandés medio: vlocke

Cognado con noruego: -

Cognado con albanés: flokë

In summary

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.

Conceptos

rebaño

manada

bandada

muchedumbre

hato

tropa

banda

grey

multitud

montón

enjambre

fajo

grupo

horda

lote

montaña

⛰️

pila

reunirse

apelotonar

bestialidad

borra

burrada

chusma

congregarse

enormidad

gentuza

juntarse

piara

tropel

vedija

runfla

averío

ir en procesión

andar en tropel

ir en tropel

mogollón

acudir

passel

avalancha

banco

🏦

barbaridad

cabaña

cantidad

congregación

copo

cuadrilla

cúmulo

Sinónimos

herd

swarm

crowd

group

pack

throng

multitude

school

🏫

collection

drove

mass

shoal

troop

horde

gather

bevy

cluster

band

flight

✈️

mob

congregate

company

stream

assemblage

clump

bunch

gaggle

class

batch

gang

pile

heap

circle

⭕

assembly

covey

rabble

tribe

skein

team

raft

brood

fold

pride

sheep

🐑

party

🥳

pod

mint

mickle

lot

mess

Oraciones

Now he was here not with his flock , but with a shovel .

Ahora estaba aquí no con su rebaño, sino con una pala.