- his flock
- his followers, his students, people he took care of
English contemporary dictionary. 2014.
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Flock — Flock, n. [AS. flocc flock, company; akin to Icel. flokkr crowd, Sw. flock, Dan. flok; prob. orig. used of flows, and akin to E. fly. See {Fly}.] 1. A company or collection of living creatures; especially applied to sheep and birds, rarely to… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
flock — [[t]flɒ̱k[/t]] flocks, flocking, flocked 1) N COUNT COLL: usu N of n A flock of birds, sheep, or goats is a group of them. They kept a small flock of sheep... They are gregarious birds and feed in flocks. 2) N COUNT COLL: N of n (emphasis) You… … English dictionary
flock — 01. A wolf killed three of the sheep in our [flock] before we shot it. 02. A huge [flock] of geese flew over us, honking loudly. 03. A young shepherd was tending his [flock] of sheep near where we were hiking. 04. Thousands of people [flock] to… … Grammatical examples in English
flock´less — flock1 «flok», noun, verb. –n. 1. a group of animals of one kind keeping, feeding, or herded together, especially sheep; goats, or birds: »a flock of geese. A flock can mean lions in Africa, sheep in Australia, goats in Ireland, and geese in the… … Useful english dictionary
Flock of Dodos — Infobox Film name = Flock of Dodos: The Evolution Intelligent Design Circus writer = Randy Olson director = Randy Olson language = English runtime = 84 minutes country = USA distributor = Documentary Educational Resources website =… … Wikipedia
Flock (web browser) — Infobox Software name = Flock caption = Flock 1.2.3 running on GTK+/X11 displaying the Wikipedia main page. developer = Flock, Inc. released = frequently updated = Yes programming language = C++, XUL, XBL, JavaScript operating system = Windows,… … Wikipedia
flock — flock1 [flɔk US fla:k] n [Sense: 1 3; Origin: Old English flocc crowd ] [Sense: 4 5; Date: 1200 1300; : Old French; Origin: floc piece of wool , from Latin floccus] 1.) a group of sheep, goats, or birds flock of … Dictionary of contemporary English
Flock of Angels — Infobox animanga/Header name = Flock of Angels caption = Cover of Flock of Angels v1 ja name = 天使の群れ ja name trans = Tenshi no Mure genre = Sci fi, Drama, FantasyInfobox animanga/Manga title = author = Shoko Hamada publisher = flagicon|Japan… … Wikipedia
flock — 1 noun 1 (C) a group of sheep, goats, or birds compare herd 1 (1) 2 (countable usually singular) a large group of the same kind of people (+ of): a flock of tourists 3 (countable usually singular) formal or humorous a priest s flock is the group… … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
flock — Dr Primrose, in The Vicar of Wakefield, by Oliver Goldsmith, addresses his congregation at one point as ‘my dear deluded flock’. See also Shepherd … A dictionary of epithets and terms of address
