flocketh

Verb (1)

flock (third-person singular simple present flocks, present participle flocking, simple past and past participle flocked)

1. (intransitive) To congregate in or head towards a place in large numbers.
   • People flocked to the cinema to see the new film.
2. (obsolete, transitive) To flock to; to crowd.
   • Good fellows, trooping, flocked me so.1609, John Taylor, Penniless Pilgrimage

Verb (2)

flock (third-person singular simple present flocks, present participle flocking, simple past and past participle flocked)

1. (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
2. (transitive) To cover a Christmas tree with artificial snow.
3. (transitive) To treat a pool with chemicals to remove suspended particles.

   Synonyms:

   floc

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