flocks

Noun (1)

flock (plural flocks)

1. (collective) A large number of animals associated together in a group; commonly used of sheep, but (dated) also used for goats or other livestock animals, or sometimes any group of animals.
   • He told his father, and said it would be just suitable work for him to run about fields and woods amongst the strawberry hills after a flock of hares, and now and then lie down and take a nap on some sunny hill.1886, Peter Christen Asbjørnsen, translated by H.L. Brækstad, Folk and Fairy Tales, page 170
2. (collective) The group of sheep being watched by one shepherd.
3. (collective) A large number of people.
   • The heathen […] came to Nicanor by flocks.1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, 2 Maccabees 14:14

   Synonyms:

   congregation

4. Those served by a particular pastor or shepherd.
   • But lapsed into so long a pause again / As half amazed, half frighted all his flock: [...]1864, Alfred Tennyson, “Aylmer’s Field”, in Enoch Arden, &c., London: Edward Moxon & Co., […], →OCLC, page 83
   1. A religious congregation.

Noun (2)

flock (countable and uncountable, plural flocks)

1. Coarse tufts of wool or cotton used in bedding.

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