Definition of flock

"flock" in the noun sense

1. flock

a church congregation guided by a pastor

2. flock

a group of birds

3. batch, deal, flock, good deal, great deal, hatful, heap, lot, mass, mess, mickle, mint, mountain, muckle, passel, peck, pile, plenty, pot, quite a little, raft, sight, slew, spate, stack, tidy sum, wad

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"

"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"

4. troop, flock

an orderly crowd

"a troop of children"

5. flock, fold

a group of sheep or goats

"flock" in the verb sense

1. flock

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

come together as in a cluster or flock

"The poets constellate in this town every summer"

Source: WordNet® (An amazing lexical database of English)

Princeton University "About WordNet®."
WordNet®. Princeton University. 2010.


View WordNet® License

Quotations for flock

Birds of a feather flock together. [ Proverb ]

One dog can drive a flock of sheep. [ Proverb ]

Birds of prey do not flock together. [ Portuguese Proverb ]

If he had twenty in a flock,
He would leave but one to go with the cock. [ Proverb ]

His folded flock secure, the shepherd home
Hies merry-hearted; and by turns relieves
The ruddy milk-maid of her brimming pail;
The beauty whom perhaps his witless heart.
Unknowing what the joy-mixed anguish means,
Sincerely loves, by that best language shown
Of cordial glances, and obliging deeds. [ Thomson ]

There is no flock, however watched and tended.
But one dead lamb is there!
There is no fireside, howsoever defended,
But has one vacant chair. [ Longfellow ]

It is a sorry flock where the ewe bears the bell. [ Proverb ]

One scabby sheep is enough to infect a whole flock. [ Proverb ]

Man is an imitative being, and the foremost leads the flock. [ Friedrich Schiller ]

If all fools wore white caps we should seem a flock of geese. [ English Proverb, collected by George Herbert ]

All things atrocious and shameless flock from all parts to Rome. [ Tac ]

The entire flock in the fields dies of the disease introduced by one. [ Juv ]

When we read that the lost sheep is preferred to the rest of the flock, we are tempted to think that penitence is preferable to innocence.

That is, in a great degree, true of all men, which was said of the Athenians, that they were like sheep, of which a flock is more easily driven than a single one. [ Whately ]

flock in Scrabble®

The word flock is playable in Scrabble®, no blanks required.

Scrabble® Letter Score: 14

Highest Scoring Scrabble® Play In The Letters flock:

FLOCK
(57)
 

All Scrabble® Plays For The Word flock

FLOCK
(57)
FLOCK
(54)
FLOCK
(51)
FLOCK
(48)
FLOCK
(45)
FLOCK
(44)
FLOCK
(42)
FLOCK
(42)
FLOCK
(42)
FLOCK
(38)
FLOCK
(38)
FLOCK
(36)
FLOCK
(36)
FLOCK
(32)
FLOCK
(28)
FLOCK
(28)
FLOCK
(28)
FLOCK
(28)
FLOCK
(28)
FLOCK
(23)
FLOCK
(20)
FLOCK
(20)
FLOCK
(19)
FLOCK
(18)
FLOCK
(17)
FLOCK
(16)
FLOCK
(16)
FLOCK
(15)
FLOCK
(15)
FLOCK
(14)

The 85 Highest Scoring Scrabble® Plays For Words Using The Letters In flock

FLOCK
(57)
FLOCK
(54)
FLOCK
(51)
FLOCK
(48)
FOLK
(48)
FLOCK
(45)
LOCK
(45)
FOLK
(45)
FLOCK
(44)
FLOCK
(42)
FLOCK
(42)
FLOCK
(42)
FLOCK
(38)
FLOCK
(38)
FLOCK
(36)
FLOCK
(36)
FOLK
(33)
FOLK
(33)
FOLK
(33)
FOLK
(33)
LOCK
(33)
FOLK
(32)
FLOCK
(32)
LOCK
(30)
LOCK
(30)
LOCK
(30)
LOCK
(30)
FOLK
(30)
LOCK
(30)
FLOCK
(28)
FLOCK
(28)
FLOCK
(28)
FLOCK
(28)
FLOCK
(28)
FLOCK
(23)
FOLK
(22)
LOCK
(22)
FOLK
(22)
FOLK
(22)
FOLK
(22)
FOLK
(21)
FLOCK
(20)
FLOCK
(20)
LOCK
(20)
LOCK
(20)
LOCK
(20)
LOCK
(20)
LOCK
(20)
FLOCK
(19)
FOLK
(19)
FLOCK
(18)
FOLK
(17)
FLOCK
(17)
FLOCK
(16)
FOLK
(16)
LOCK
(16)
FLOCK
(16)
FOLK
(16)
LOCK
(16)
OF
(15)
OF
(15)
LOCK
(15)
FLOCK
(15)
FOLK
(15)
FLOCK
(15)
FLOCK
(14)
LOCK
(14)
OF
(13)
FOLK
(13)
LOCK
(13)
FOLK
(13)
FOLK
(12)
LOCK
(12)
LOCK
(12)
FOLK
(12)
LOCK
(11)
FOLK
(11)
LOCK
(11)
LOCK
(10)
OF
(10)
OF
(10)
OF
(9)
OF
(7)
OF
(6)
OF
(5)

flock in Words With Friends™

The word flock is playable in Words With Friends™, no blanks required.

Words With Friends™ Letter Score: 16

Highest Scoring Words With Friends™ Play In The Letters flock:

FLOCK
(78)
 

All Words With Friends™ Plays For The Word flock

FLOCK
(78)
FLOCK
(72)
FLOCK
(72)
FLOCK
(64)
FLOCK
(60)
FLOCK
(52)
FLOCK
(48)
FLOCK
(48)
FLOCK
(48)
FLOCK
(48)
FLOCK
(42)
FLOCK
(40)
FLOCK
(40)
FLOCK
(36)
FLOCK
(34)
FLOCK
(32)
FLOCK
(32)
FLOCK
(32)
FLOCK
(32)
FLOCK
(32)
FLOCK
(30)
FLOCK
(29)
FLOCK
(28)
FLOCK
(28)
FLOCK
(26)
FLOCK
(25)
FLOCK
(24)
FLOCK
(24)
FLOCK
(23)
FLOCK
(22)
FLOCK
(22)
FLOCK
(21)
FLOCK
(21)
FLOCK
(20)
FLOCK
(20)
FLOCK
(20)
FLOCK
(18)
FLOCK
(18)
FLOCK
(17)
FLOCK
(16)

The 101 Highest Scoring Words With Friends™ Plays Using The Letters In flock

FLOCK
(78)
FLOCK
(72)
FLOCK
(72)
LOCK
(66)
FOLK
(66)
FLOCK
(64)
FOLK
(60)
FLOCK
(60)
FLOCK
(52)
FLOCK
(48)
FLOCK
(48)
LOCK
(48)
FLOCK
(48)
FLOCK
(48)
FLOCK
(42)
FLOCK
(40)
FLOCK
(40)
FOLK
(36)
FOLK
(36)
LOCK
(36)
LOCK
(36)
FOLK
(36)
FLOCK
(36)
LOCK
(36)
FOLK
(36)
LOCK
(36)
FOLK
(34)
FLOCK
(34)
LOCK
(34)
FOLK
(32)
FLOCK
(32)
FLOCK
(32)
FLOCK
(32)
FLOCK
(32)
FLOCK
(32)
FLOCK
(30)
FLOCK
(29)
FLOCK
(28)
FLOCK
(28)
LOCK
(28)
FLOCK
(26)
FLOCK
(25)
FOLK
(24)
LOCK
(24)
FOLK
(24)
LOCK
(24)
LOCK
(24)
FOLK
(24)
LOCK
(24)
FOLK
(24)
LOCK
(24)
FLOCK
(24)
FOLK
(24)
FOLK
(24)
FLOCK
(24)
LOCK
(24)
FLOCK
(23)
FOLK
(22)
FLOCK
(22)
LOCK
(22)
FLOCK
(22)
FLOCK
(21)
FLOCK
(21)
FOLK
(21)
FLOCK
(20)
FLOCK
(20)
FOLK
(20)
FLOCK
(20)
LOCK
(20)
LOCK
(19)
LOCK
(18)
LOCK
(18)
FLOCK
(18)
FLOCK
(18)
FOLK
(18)
FOLK
(18)
FOLK
(17)
FLOCK
(17)
LOCK
(17)
LOCK
(16)
FLOCK
(16)
FOLK
(16)
LOCK
(16)
FOLK
(16)
OF
(15)
OF
(15)
LOCK
(14)
FOLK
(14)
LOCK
(14)
FOLK
(14)
FOLK
(13)
OF
(13)
LOCK
(13)
LOCK
(12)
FOLK
(12)
OF
(10)
OF
(10)
OF
(9)
OF
(7)
OF
(6)
OF
(5)

Words within the letters of flock

2 letter words in flock (1 word)

4 letter words in flock (2 words)

5 letter words in flock (1 word)

flock + 1 blank (2 words)

flock + 2 blanks (3 words)

Words containing the sequence flock

Words with flock in them (2 words)

Words that end with flock (2 words)

Word Growth involving flock

Shorter words in flock

lock

Longer words containing flock

elflock elflocks

flockbed flockbeds

flocked

flockier

flockiest

flocking flockings

flockless

flocklike

flockmaster flockmasters

flockowner flockowners

flocks elflocks

flocky