flocking
Birds grouping up
Flocking describes the behavior of creatures moving together as a group—birds flocking to a feeder, tourists flocking to a new attraction.
The word captures both the gathering and the collective movement: Fans flocked to the stadium.
In manufacturing, flocking is a technique of applying short fibers to a surface to create a velvet-like texture: the flocking on a jewelry box.
Gathering in large numbers
- herdingManaging animal groups
- schoolingFormal education received
- shoalingWater becoming less deep
- murmurationStarlings in coordinated flight
clustering · grouping · aggregation · congregation · gathering · assembly · convergence · throng
Innate behavioral tendency
- emergenceComing into existence
- self-organizationSpontaneous internal structure emergence
- collective intelligenceEmergent group cognition
- group dynamicsInteraction patterns among members
sociality · cooperation · imitation · following · cohesion · polarization · alignment · coordination
Thick-pile textile
- suedeBuffed leather underside
- feltCompressed fiber textile
- napBrief daytime rest
- pileAccumulated mass of objects
fiber · tufting · adhesive · electrostatic · decorative · craft · printing · transfer
Plural of goose
- swallowsGulps or migratory birds
- starlingsSpeckled mimicking songbirds
- shorebirdsCoastal avian foragers
- waterfowlSwimming birds collectively
flyway · seasonal · breeding · overwintering · navigation · V-formation · staging · roosting
swarming
Gathering in large numbers
murmuration · clustering · grouping · aggregation · congregation · gathering · assembly · convergence · throng · crowd
instinct
Innate behavioral tendency
- emergenceComing into existence
- self-organizationSpontaneous internal structure emergence
- collective intelligenceEmergent group cognition
group dynamics · sociality · cooperation · imitation · following · cohesion · polarization · alignment · coordination · synchronization
velvet
Thick-pile textile
pile · fiber · tufting · adhesive · electrostatic · decorative · craft · printing · transfer · fabric
geese
Plural of goose
- swallowsGulps or migratory birds
- starlingsSpeckled mimicking songbirds
- shorebirdsCoastal avian foragers
waterfowl · flyway · seasonal · breeding · overwintering · navigation · V-formation · staging · roosting · avian
wallpaper
Ornamental wall covering
- velvetThick-pile textile
- texturedHaving tactile surface quality
- decorativeServing to beautify
vintage · Victorian · damask · embossed · pattern · adhesive · surface · coating · retro · interior design
- animal behaviorsswimming, running, walking, jumping, flying
- bird traitsfeathered, plumed, plumage, plumaged, beaky
- flight patternsflight path, holding pattern, traffic pattern, landing pattern, V formation
- survival strategieshibernation, mimicry, dormancy, predation, territoriality
- Christmas treesChristmas tree, ornaments, tree topper, tree stand, tree skirt
- decoratingdecorating, adorning, embellishing, ornamenting, beautifying
flockingdispersing
Spreading widely apart
scattering · dissipating · spreading out · disbanding · separating
flockingisolating
Setting apart from contact
withdrawing · going solo · antisocial behavior · avoiding · shunning