Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to flock
Participle: flocked
Gerund: flocking
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | flock |
| you | flock |
| he;she;it | flocks |
| we | flock |
| you | flock |
| they | flock |
Perfect
| I | have flocked |
| you | have flocked |
| he;she;it | has flocked |
| we | have flocked |
| you | have flocked |
| they | have flocked |
Past
| I | flocked |
| you | flocked |
| he;she;it | flocked |
| we | flocked |
| you | flocked |
| they | flocked |
Pluperfect
| I | had flocked |
| you | had flocked |
| he;she;it | had flocked |
| we | had flocked |
| you | had flocked |
| they | had flocked |
Future
| I | will flock |
| you | will flock |
| he;she;it | will flock |
| we | will flock |
| you | will flock |
| they | will flock |
Future Perfect
| I | will have flocked |
| you | will have flocked |
| he;she;it | will have flocked |
| we | will have flocked |
| you | will have flocked |
| they | will have flocked |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | flock |
| you | flock |
| he;she;it | flock |
| we | flock |
| you | flock |
| they | flock |
Perfect
| I | have flocked |
| you | have flocked |
| he;she;it | have flocked |
| we | have flocked |
| you | have flocked |
| they | have flocked |
Imperfect
| I | flocked |
| you | flocked |
| he;she;it | flocked |
| we | flocked |
| you | flocked |
| they | flocked |
Pluperfect
| I | had flocked |
| you | had flocked |
| he;she;it | had flocked |
| we | had flocked |
| you | had flocked |
| they | had flocked |
Conditional
Present
| I | would flock |
| you | would flock |
| he;she;it | would flock |
| we | would flock |
| you | would flock |
| they | would flock |
Perfect
| I | would have flocked |
| you | would have flocked |
| he;she;it | would have flocked |
| we | would have flocked |
| you | would have flocked |
| they | would have flocked |
Imperative
| you | flock |
| we | Let's flock |
| you | flock |
Verbs conjugated like 'flock'
abandon,
abduct,
abear,
aberr,
abject,
abord,
abort,
abound,
abraid,
abray,
abrook,
abscind,
abscond,
absist,
absorb,
abstain,
abstract,
accend,
accent,
accept, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'flock'
block,
clock,
flack,
fleck,
flick,
frock,
lock,
slock,
belock,
black,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Synonyms
- to come together as a group
- assemble, begather, collect, congregate, congress, fall in with, forgather, gather, gather up, group, herd, league, mass, meet, meet up, pack, team, team up, throng
- gather
- throng, herd, congregate, huddle, crowd
- gathering
- throng, congregation, crowd
Antonyms
- gather
- distribute, disperse, disseminate, dispense
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. O.E. flocc "a group of persons," related to O.N. flokkr "crowd, troop, band," M.L.G. vlocke "crowd, flock;" not found in other Gmc. languages, perhaps related to folc "people," but the metathesis would have been unusual for O.E. Extended c.1200 to "a number of animals of one kind moving or feeding together;" of domestic animals c.1300. Transferred to bodies of Christians, in relation to Christ or their local pastor, from c.1340. The verb meaning "to gather, congregate" is from c.1300.
2. Etymology tree
3. Proto-Germanic *flukkaz
4. Proto-West Germanic *flokk
5. Old English flocc
6. Middle English flok
7. English flock
8. From Middle English flok, from Old English flocc (“flock, company, troop”), from Proto-West Germanic *flokk, from Proto-Germanic *flukkaz (“crowd, troop”). Cognate with German Low German Flock (“crowd, flock”), Danish flok (“flock”), Swedish flock (“flock”), Norwegian flokk (“flock”), Faroese flokkur (“flock”), Icelandic flokkur (“flock, group”). Related also to Norman fliotchet (“flock, crowd”), from Old Norse. Perhaps related to Old English folc (“crowd, troop, band”). More at folk.
Sample Sentences
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[...] our own pauper Asylum at Hanwell. ‘Evince a desire to show some confidence, and repose some trust, even in mad people, ’ said the resident physician, as we walked along the galleries, his patients flocking round us unrestrained. Of those who deny or doubt the wisdom of this maxim after witnessing its effects, if there be such people still alive, I can only say that I hope I may never be summoned as a [...]
(American Notes for General Circulation)
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[...] as this most charming writer: and I have seldom respected a public assembly more, than I did this eager throng, when I saw them turning with one mind from noisy orators and officers of state, and flocking with a generous and honest impulse round the man of quiet pursuits: proud in his promotion as reflecting back upon their country: and grateful to him with their whole hearts for the store of [...]
(American Notes for General Circulation)
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In the passage below, when I went down-stairs again, was Dr. Crocus himself. A crowd had flocked in from the Court House, and a voice from among them called out to the landlord, ‘Colonel ! introduce Doctor Crocus.’
(American Notes for General Circulation)
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It was late in the evening when the weary occupants of the shanties came flocking home,—men and women, in soiled and tattered garments, surly and uncomfortable, and in no mood to look pleasantly on new-comers. The small village was alive with no inviting sounds; hoarse, guttural [...]
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)