flock

Words with a similar base: flock

'flock'

[flock.n.01] as in: a church congregation guided by a pastor

'flock'

[flock.n.02] as in: a group of birds

'flock'

[batch.n.02] as in: (often followed by `of') a large number or amount or extent

Examples:
a batch of letters
a deal of trouble
a lot of money
he made a mint on the stock market
see the rest of the winners in our huge passel of photos
it must have cost plenty
a slew of journalists
a wad of money

'flock'

[troop.n.04] as in: an orderly crowd

Examples:
a troop of children

'flock'

[flock.n.05] as in: a group of sheep or goats

'flock'

[flock.v.01] as in: move as a crowd or in a group

Examples:
Tourists flocked to the shrine where the statue was said to have shed tears

'flock'

[cluster.v.01] as in: come together as in a cluster or flock

Examples:
The poets constellate in this town every summer

Origins

					flock (English)
├── flock (Middle English (1100-1500))
│   └── flocc (Old English (ca. 450-1100))
└── flok (Middle English (1100-1500))
    └── floc (Old French (842-ca. 1400))
        └── floccus (Latin)

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