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May 26, 2012
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Synonyms for flock

Noun

1. flock, congregation, fold, faithful
usage: a church congregation guided by a pastor
2. flock, animal group
usage: a group of birds
3. batch, deal, flock, good deal, great deal, hatful, heap, lot, mass, mess, mickle, mint, muckle, peck, pile, plenty, pot, quite a little, raft, sight, slew, spate, stack, tidy sum, wad, whole lot, whole slew, large indefinite quantity, large indefinite amount
usage: (often followed by `of') a large number or amount or extent; "a batch of letters"; "a deal of trouble"; "a lot of money"; "he made a mint on the stock market"; "it must have cost plenty"
4. troop, flock, crowd
usage: an orderly crowd; "a troop of children"
5. flock, animal group
usage: a group of sheep or goats

Verb

1. flock, travel, go, move, locomote
usage: move as a crowd or in a group; "Tourists flocked to the shrine where the statue was said to have shed tears"
2. cluster, constellate, flock, clump, meet, gather, assemble, forgather, foregather
usage: come together as in a cluster or flock; "The poets constellate in this town every summer"
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