flock

Значение (Английский)

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.

Синонимы

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

Переводы

troupeau

rebaño

gregge

grex

Herde

Schar

sürü

αγέλη

volée

stormo

branco

Schwarm

kudde

rebanho

Произносится как (IPA)

/flɒk/

Этимология (Английский)

Унаследовано от среднеанглийский: flok

Унаследовано от староанглийский: flocc

Родственно Middle Low German: vlocke

Родственно датский: flok

Родственно шведский: flock

Родственно норвежский: flokk

Родственно фарерский: flokkur

Родственно исландский: flokkur

Родственно Jèrriais: fliotchet

Родственно староанглийский: folc

Родственно древневерхненемецкий: flocko

Родственно средненидерландский: vlocke

Родственно норвежский: -

Родственно албанский: 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.

Предложения

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

Теперь он был здесь не со своим стадом, а с лопатой.