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Noun flock has 5 senses

flock - a church congregation guided by a pastor
--₁ is a kind of congregation, fold, faithful
flock - a group of birds
--₂ is a kind of animal group
--₂ has member: bird
--₂ has particulars:
bevy; covert; covey; exaltation; gaggle; wisp; flight
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 - (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"
--₃ is a kind of large indefinite quantity, large indefinite amount
--₃ has particulars: flood, inundation, deluge, torrent
troop, flock - an orderly crowd; "a troop of children"
--₄ is a kind of crowd

Derived forms: verb flock₂, verb flock₁
flock - a group of sheep or goats
--₅ is a kind of animal group
--₅ has member: sheep

Verb flock has 2 senses

flock - move as a crowd or in a group; "Tourists flocked to the shrine where the statue was said to have shed tears"
--₁ is one way to travel, go, move, locomote

Derived form: noun flock₄
Sample sentences:
Something is ----ing PP
Somebody ----s PP
cluster, constellate, flock, clump - come together as in a cluster or flock; "The poets constellate in this town every summer"
--₂ is one way to meet, gather, assemble, forgather, foregather

Derived form: noun flock₄
Sample sentence:
The crowds flock in the streets