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or mammals assembled or herded together

2 : a group of people under the guidance of a leader; especially : CONGREGATION

3 : a large number

Synonyms

army, crowd, crush, drove, horde, host, legion, mob, multitude, press, swarm, throng—more at CROWD

2flock verb : to gather or move in a flock

Synonyms

crowd, mob, swarm, throng—more at CROWD

floe noun : a flat mass of floating ice

flog verb flogged; flog·ging 1 : to beat with or as if with a rod or whip

2 : SELL <~ encyclopedias>

— flog·ger noun

Synonyms

bash, bat, batter, beat, belt, bludgeon, buffet, club, drub, hammer, hide, lace, lambaste, lick, maul, pelt, pound, thrash, thump, wallop, whale, whip—more at BEAT

1flood noun 1 : a great flow of water over the land

2 : the flowing in of the tide

3 : an overwhelming volume

Synonyms

[1, 3] cataclysm, cataract, deluge, inundation, overflow, spate, torrent; also current, river, stream, tide; discharge, flush, gush, outflow, outpouring; flux, inflow, influx; washout; avalanche; cascade, waterfall; excess, glut, overabundance, overage, overkill, overmuch, oversupply, superabundance, superfluity, surfeit, surplus

Antonyms

drought

2flood verb 1 : to cover or become filled with a flood

2 : to fill abundantly or excessively; especially : to supply an excess of fuel to <~ed the engine>

3 : to pour forth in a flood

— flood·er noun

Synonyms

deluge, drown, engulf, inundate, overflow, overwhelm, submerge, swamp; also overcome, flow, flush, gush, pour, sluice, spout, spurt, stream; douse, drench

Antonyms

drain

flood·gate noun : a gate for controlling a body of water : SLUICE

flood·light noun : a lamp that throws a broad beam of light; also : the beam itself

— floodlight verb

flood·plain noun : a plain along a river or stream subject to periodic flooding

flood tide noun 1 : a rising tide

2 : an overwhelming quantity

3 : a high point

flood·wa·ter noun : the water of a flood

1floor noun 1 : the bottom of a room on which one stands

2 : a ground surface

3 : a story of a building

4 : a main level space (as in a legislative chamber) distinguished from a platform or gallery

5 : AUDIENCE

6 : the right to address an assembly

7 : a lower limit

— floor·ing noun

2floor verb 1 : to furnish with a floor

2 : to knock down

3 : to overwhelm with shock, surprise, or wonder

4 : to press (a vehicle's accelerator) to the floorboard esp. rapidly

Synonyms

[2] bowl, down, drop, fell, knock, level

[3] amaze, astonish, astound, bowl, dumbfound, flabbergast, overwhelm, shock, startle, stun, surprise

floor·board noun 1 : a board in a floor

2 : the floor of an automobile

floor leader noun : a member of a legislative body who has charge of a party's organization and strategy on the floor

floor show noun : a series of acts presented in a nightclub

floor·walk·er noun : a person employed in a retail store to oversee the sales force and aid customers

floo·zy or floo·zie noun, plural floozies : a usu. young woman of loose morals

1flop verb flopped; flop·ping 1 : to swing or move loosely : FLAP

2 : to throw oneself down heavily, clumsily, or in a relaxed manner

3 : to fall short of success : FAIL

— flop adverb

— flop·per noun

Synonyms

[1] beat, flail, flap, flutter, whip—more at FLAP

[2] plop, plump, plunk; also fling, heave, sling, toss; ensconce, install, plant, settle

[3] collapse, fail, flunk, fold, wash out—more at FAIL

2flop noun : something that is a failure

Synonyms

bust, debacle, dud, failure, fiasco, fizzle, loser, washout—more at FAILURE

flop·house noun : a cheap hotel

1floppy adjective flop·pi·er; -est : tending to flop; especially : soft and flexible

— flop·pi·ly adverb

Synonyms

droopy, flaccid, lank, limp, slack, yielding—more at LIMP

2floppy noun, plural flop·pies : FLOPPY DISK

floppy disk noun : a thin plastic disk with a magnetic coating on which computer data can

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