Sanakirja
Tekoälykääntäjä
Synonyymit
Ääntäminen
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Määritelmät
Substantiivi
- A number of birds together in a group, such as those gathered together for the purpose of migration.
- Coarse tufts of wool or cotton used in bedding.
- A large number of animals associated together in a group; commonly used of sheep, but (dated) also used for goats, farmed animals, and a wide variety of animals.
- A lock of wool or hair.
- Those served by a particular pastor or shepherd.
- Very fine sifted woollen refuse, especially that from shearing the nap of cloths, formerly used as a coating for wallpaper to give it a velvety or clothlike appearance; also, the dust of vegetable fibre used for a similar purpose.
- A large number of people.
- (Christianity) A religious congregation.
Verbi
- (intransitive) To congregate in or head towards a place in large numbers.
- (transitive) To coat a surface with dense fibers or particles; especially, to create a dense arrangement of fibers with a desired nap.
- (transitive, obsolete) To flock to; to crowd.
- (transitive) To cover a Christmas tree with artificial snow.
- (transitive) To treat a pool with chemicals to remove suspended particles.
Esimerkit
- I also have other sheep that are not from this pen. I must lead them. They, too, will respond to my voice. So they will be one flock with one shepherd.
- As half amazed, half frighted all his flock.
- The heathen [...] came to Nicanor by flocks.
- People flocked to the cinema to see the new film.
- Friends daily flock.
- Good fellows, trooping, flocked me so.
- I prythee, Tom, beat Cut's saddle, put a few flocks in the point [pommel].
- There was a neat hat-and-umbrella stand, and the stranger's weary feet fell soft on a good, serviceable dark-red drugget, which matched in colour the flock-paper on the walls.
- Birds of a feather flock together. (adage populaire)
Taivutusmuodot
| Partisiipin perfekti | flocked | Imperfekti | flocked |
| Partisiipin preesens | flocking | Monikko | flocks |
| Yksikön kolmannen persoonan indikatiivin preesens | flocks | Yksikön kolmannen persoonan indikatiivin preesens | flocketh (vanhahtava) |