2. [1] eine Gruppe (z.B. Ziegen, Schafe), eine Schwarm (Vögel) (immer von der gleichen Sorte, unabhängig ob sie in Menschenobhut leben oder zusammen reisen)
3. [2] eine Große Menge Menschen
4. [3] Herde (im kirchlichen Sinne), Gemeinde
5. [4] eine Flocke (aus Wolle, Haar)
6. [5] weiches Material, mit dem Kissen/ Matratzen gefüllt werden
[1] a flock of birds - ein Vogelschwarm, ein Schwarm Vögel
1. subst. A large number of birds, especially those gathered together for the purpose of migration.
2. subst. A large number of animals, especially sheep or goats kept together.
3. subst. Those served by a particular pastor or shepherd.
4. subst. A large number of people.
5. v. (intransitive) To congregate in or head towards a place in large numbers.
People flocked to the cinema to see the new film.
6. v. (transitive, obsolete) To flock to; to crowd.
7. v. To treat a pool with chemicals to remove suspended particles.
8. subst. Coarse tufts of wool or cotton used in bedding
9. subst. A lock of wool or hair.
10. subst. 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 fib
11. v. To coat a surface with dense fibers or particles.
school
1. Substantiv:
2. [1] Schule
[1] "Ethnic variations in family structure, parenting styles, and life course expectations all acerbate miscommunication, and many U.S. teachers from middle-class backgrounds perceive themselves and their schools as being under siege."
school
1. subst. (collective) A group of fish or a group of marine mammals such as porpoises, dolphins, or whales.
The divers encountered a huge school of mackerel.
2. subst. A multitude.
3. v. (lbl, en, intransitive) (of fish) To form into, or travel in a school.
4. subst. (US, Canada) An institution dedicated to teaching and learning; an educational institution.
Our children attend a public school in our neighborhood.
Harvard University is a famous American postsecondary school.
5. subst. (British) An educational institution providing primary and secondary education, prior to tertiary education (college or university).
6. subst. (UK) At Eton College, a period or session of teaching.
Divinity, history and geography are studied for two schools per week.
7. subst. Within a larger educational institution, an organizational unit, such as a department or institute, which is dedicated to a specific subject area.
We are enrolled in the same university, but I attend the School of Economics and my brother is in the School of Music.
8. subst. An art movement, a community of artists.
9. subst. (considered collectively) The followers of a particular doctrine; a particular way of thinking or particular doctrine; a school of thought.
These economists belong to the monetarist school.
10. subst. The time during which classes are attended or in session in an educational institution.
I'll see you after school.
11. subst. The room or hall in English universities where the examinations for degrees and honours are held.
12. subst. The canons, precepts, or body of opinion or practice, sanctioned by the authority of a particular class or age.
He was a gentleman of the old school.
13. subst. An establishment offering specialized instruction, as for driving, cooking, typing, coding, etc.
14. v. To educate, teach, or train (often, but not necessarily, in a school.)
Many future prime ministers were schooled in Eton.
15. v. To defeat emphatically, to teach an opponent a harsh lesson.
16. v. To control, or compose, one's expression.
She took care to school her expression, not giving away any of her feelings.
1. subst. A group or bunch of several discrete items that are close to each other.
a cluster of islands
A cluster of flowers grew in the pot.
A leukemia cluster has developed in the town.
2. subst. A number of individuals grouped together or collected in one place; a crowd; a mob.
3. subst. (astronomy) A group of galaxies or stars that appear near each other.
The Pleiades cluster contains seven bright stars.
4. subst. (linguistics, education) A sequence of two or more words that occur in language with high frequency but are not idiomatic; a chunk, bundle, or lexical bundle.
examples of clusters would include "in accordance with", "the results of" and "so far"
5. subst. (music) A secundal chord of three or more notes.
6. subst. (phonetics) A group of consonants.
The word "scrub" begins with a cluster of three consonants.
7. subst. (computing) A group of computers that work together.
8. subst. (computing) A logical data storage unit containing one or more physical sectors (see block).
9. subst. (statistics) A significant subset within a population.
10. subst. (military) Set of bombs or mines.
11. subst. (army) A small metal design that indicates that a medal has been awarded to the same person before.
12. subst. (chemistry) An ensemble of bound atoms or molecules, intermediate in size between a molecule and a bulk solid.
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