Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Covered with flock.
- Having the nap raised.
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- verb Simple past tense and past participle of
flock .
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Examples
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Arriving at Telamon, in Etruria, and coming ashore, he proclaimed freedom for the slaves; and many of the countrymen, also, and shepherds thereabouts, who were already freemen, at the hearing his name flocked to him to the sea-side.
The Lives of the Noble Grecians and Romans Plutarch 2003
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Early Sunday morning the guests poured down the zig-zag in a living cataract on the one side, and flocked from the valleys on the other – from Hoti, from Kastrati and Boga, all in their best – men first, their women following.
High Albania Mary Edith 1909
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Supporters who had come to watch the squad in their half-term flocked to him in recognition of his form this season, leading Gerard Houllier to accept that the supporters have finally come around.
Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph 2010
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Who more gladly than we throughout the Four Nations received the ` bloody sword, 'or at its warlike call flocked quicker to the standard of the King?
Dracula 1897
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The fifteen original members soon grew to a hundred and thirty, and men of the highest rank as well as literary name flocked to join it.
Life of Adam Smith Rae, John, 1845-1915 1895
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Nations received the 'bloody sword,' or at its warlike call flocked quicker to the standard of the King?
Dracula Bram Stoker 1879
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‘bloody sword,’ or at its warlike call flocked quicker to the standard of the King?
Dracula 2003
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Wonder why these illegal immigrants "flocked" to South Louisiana?
Archive 2007-05-01 2007
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My sister was all whiny bitch about it, so we got a 'flocked' one.
hamletwildie Diary Entry hamletwildie 2004
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The person that's "flocked" has the opportunity to donate money toward the project.
News 2010
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September 6, 2026