Bevy
['bevɪ]
Definition
(noun.) a flock of birds (especially when gathered close together on the ground); 'we were visited at breakfast by a bevy of excited ducks'.
(noun.) a large gathering of people of a particular type; 'he was surrounded by a bevy of beauties in bathing attire'; 'a bevy of young beach boys swarmed around him'.
Typist: Willie--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) A company; an assembly or collection of persons, especially of ladies.
(n.) A flock of birds, especially quails or larks; also, a herd of roes.
Checker: Uriah
Synonyms and Synonymous
n. [1]. Flock, covey.[2]. Company (especially of women), party.
Edited by Enrico
Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Assembly, parterre, galaxy, constellation, nock
ANT:Gang, crew, herd, mob
Checked by Bernadette
Definition
n. a brood or flock of birds esp. of quails: a company esp. of ladies.
Checked by Llewellyn
Examples
- But he is specially in love with one besides, for when I and Donne urged him to make a choice amongst the fair bevy, he named--which do you think? Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- This caused the bevy to turn to see where the lecturer was. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
Typist: Terrence