Flock vs. Fold
Flocknoun
A large number of birds, especially those gathered together for the purpose of migration.
Flocknoun
A large number of animals, especially sheep or goats kept together.
Flocknoun
Those served by a particular pastor or shepherd.
Flocknoun
A large number of people.
Flocknoun
Coarse tufts of wool or cotton used in bedding
Flocknoun
A lock of wool or hair.
Flocknoun
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.
Flockverb
(intransitive) To congregate in or head towards a place in large numbers.
Flockverb
To flock to; to crowd.
Flockverb
To treat a pool with chemicals to remove suspended particles.
Flockverb
(transitive) To coat a surface with dense fibers or particles.
Flocknoun
A company or collection of living creatures; - especially applied to sheep and birds, rarely to persons or (except in the plural) to cattle and other large animals; as, a flock of ravenous fowl.
Flocknoun
A Christian church or congregation; considered in their relation to the pastor, or minister in charge.
Flocknoun
A lock of wool or hair.
Flocknoun
Woolen or cotton refuse (sing. or pl.), old rags, etc., reduced to a degree of fineness by machinery, and used for stuffing unpholstered furniture.
Flocknoun
Very fine, sifted, woolen refuse, especially that from shearing the nap of cloths, used as a coating for wall paper to give it a velvety or clothlike appearance; also, the dust of vegetable fiber used for a similar purpose.
Flockverb
To gather in companies or crowds.
Flockverb
To flock to; to crowd.
Flockverb
To coat with flock, as wall paper; to roughen the surface of (as glass) so as to give an appearance of being covered with fine flock.
Flocknoun
a church congregation guided by a pastor
Flocknoun
a group of birds
Flocknoun
(often followed by `of') a large number or amount or extent;
Flocknoun
an orderly crowd;
Flocknoun
a group of sheep or goats
Flockverb
move as a crowd or in a group;
Flockverb
come together as in a cluster or flock;
Foldverb
(transitive) To bend (any thin material, such as paper) over so that it comes in contact with itself.
Foldverb
(transitive) To make the proper arrangement (in a thin material) by bending.
Foldverb
(intransitive) To become folded; to form folds.
Foldverb
To fall over; to be crushed.
Foldverb
(transitive) To enclose within folded arms (see also enfold).
Foldverb
(intransitive) To give way on a point or in an argument.
Foldverb
To withdraw from betting.
Foldverb
To withdraw or quit in general.
Foldverb
To stir gently, with a folding action.
Foldverb
Of a company, to cease to trade.
Foldverb
To double or lay together, as the arms or the hands.
Foldverb
To cover or wrap up; to conceal.
Foldverb
To confine animals in a fold.
Foldnoun
An act of folding.
Foldnoun
A bend or crease.
Foldnoun
Any correct move in origami.
Foldnoun
(newspapers) The division between the top and bottom halves of a broadsheet: headlines above the fold will be readable in a newsstand display; usually the fold.
Foldnoun
The division between the part of a web page visible in a web browser window without scrolling; usually the fold.
Foldnoun
That which is folded together, or which enfolds or envelops; embrace.
Foldnoun
(geology) The bending or curving of one or a stack of originally flat and planar surfaces, such as sedimentary strata, as a result of plastic (i.e. permanent) deformation.
Foldnoun
In functional programming, any of a family of higher-order functions that process a data structure recursively to build up a value.
Foldnoun
A pen or enclosure for sheep or other domestic animals.
Foldnoun
(collective) A group of sheep or goats.
Foldnoun
(figuratively) Home, family.
Foldnoun
A church congregation, a group of people who adhere to a common faith and habitually attend a given church; the Christian church as a whole, the flock of Christ.
Foldnoun
A group of people with shared ideas or goals or who live or work together.
Foldnoun
(obsolete) A boundary or limit.
Foldnoun
The Earth; earth; land, country.
Foldverb
To lap or lay in plaits or folds; to lay one part over another part of; to double; as, to fold cloth; to fold a letter.
Foldverb
To double or lay together, as the arms or the hands; as, he folds his arms in despair.
Foldverb
To inclose within folds or plaitings; to envelop; to infold; to clasp; to embrace.
Foldverb
To cover or wrap up; to conceal.
Foldverb
To become folded, plaited, or doubled; to close over another of the same kind; to double together; as, the leaves of the door fold.
Foldverb
To confine in a fold, as sheep.
Foldverb
To confine sheep in a fold.
Foldnoun
A doubling,esp. of any flexible substance; a part laid over on another part; a plait; a plication.
Foldnoun
Times or repetitions; - used with numerals, chiefly in composition, to denote multiplication or increase in a geometrical ratio, the doubling, tripling, etc., of anything; as, fourfold, four times, increased in a quadruple ratio, multiplied by four.
Foldnoun
That which is folded together, or which infolds or envelops; embrace.
Foldnoun
An inclosure for sheep; a sheep pen.
Foldnoun
A flock of sheep; figuratively, the Church or a church; as, Christ's fold.
Foldnoun
A boundary; a limit.
Foldnoun
an angular or rounded shape made by folding;
Foldnoun
a group of people who adhere to a common faith and habitually attend a given church
Foldnoun
a folded part (as a fold of skin or muscle)
Foldnoun
a pen for sheep
Foldnoun
the act of folding;
Foldverb
bend or lay so that one part covers the other;
Foldverb
intertwine;
Foldverb
incorporate a food ingredient into a mixture by repeatedly turning it over without stirring or beating;
Foldverb
cease to operate or cause to cease operating;
Foldverb
confine in a fold, like sheep
Foldverb
become folded or folded up;
