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Definitions for Flocking

[1] a velvetlike pattern produced on wallpaper or cloth decorated with flock.
[2] flock2(def 3) .
[3] a number of animals of one kind, especially sheep, goats, or birds, that keep or feed together or are herded together.
[4] a large number of people; crowd.
[5] a large group of things: a flock of letters to answer.
[6] (in New Testament and ecclesiastical use) the Christian church in relation to Christ. a single congregation in relation to its pastor.
[7] Archaic . a band or company of persons.
[8] to gather or go in a flock or crowd: They flocked around the football hero.
[9] a lock or tuft of wool, hair, cotton, etc.
[10] (sometimes used with a plural verb ) wool refuse, shearings of cloth, old cloth torn to pieces, or the like, for upholstering furniture, stuffing mattresses, etc.
[11] Also called flocking. (sometimes used with a plural verb ) finely powdered wool, cloth, etc., used for producing a velvetlike pattern on wallpaper or cloth or for coating metal.
[12] floc(def 1) .
[13] to stuff with flock, as a mattress.
[14] to decorate or coat with flock, as wallpaper, cloth, or metal.
[15] a group of animals of one kind, esp sheep or birds
[16] a large number of people; crowd
[17] a body of Christians regarded as the pastoral charge of a priest, a bishop, the pope, etc
[18] rare a band of people; group
[19] to gather together or move in a flock
[20] to go in large numbers people flocked to the church
[21] a tuft, as of wool, hair, cotton, etc
[22] waste from fabrics such as cotton, wool, or other cloth used for stuffing mattresses, upholstered chairs, etc (as modifier ) flock mattress
[23] very small tufts of wool applied to fabrics, wallpaper, etc, to give a raised pattern
[24] another word for floccule
[25] (tr) to fill, cover, or ornament with flock

Words related to Flocking

throng, gather, converge, huddle, group, crowd, herd, collect, mass, troop

Words nearby Flocking

floccus, flock, flock dot, flock paper, flockbed, flocking, flocky, flodden, floe, floeberg, flog

Origin of Flocking

21250–1300; Middle English flok < Old French floc < Latin floccus floccus. Compare Old High German floccho

Other words from Flocking

flock·less , adjective

Word origin for Flocking

C13: from Old French floc , from Latin floccus ; probably related to Old High German floccho down, Norwegian flugsa snowflake

Synonyms for Flocking

converge, gather, throng, collect, crowd, group, herd, huddle, mass, troop