ANIMAL GROUP Synonyms

• a formal organization of people or groups of people

• the act of consorting with or joining with others

• the state of being connected together as in memory or imagination

• the process of bringing ideas or events together in memory or imagination

• a social or business relationship

• a relation resulting from interaction or dependence

• (chemistry) any process of combination (especially in solution) that depends on relatively weak chemical bonding

• (ecology) a group of organisms (plants and animals) that live together in a certain geographical region and constitute a community with a few dominant species

• an unofficial association of people or groups

• instrumentalists not including string players

• a stripe or stripes of contrasting color

• an adornment consisting of a strip of a contrasting color or material

• a group of musicians playing popular music for dancing

• a range of frequencies between two limits

• a thin flat strip of flexible material that is worn around the body or one of the limbs (especially to decorate the body)

• a cord-like tissue connecting two larger parts of an anatomical structure

• jewelry consisting of a circlet of precious metal (often set with jewels) worn on the finger

• a driving belt in machinery

• a thin flat strip or loop of flexible material that goes around or over something else, typically to hold it together or as a decoration

• a strip of material attached to the leg of a bird to identify it (as in studies of bird migration)

• a restraint put around something to hold it together

• bind or tie together, as with a band

• attach a ring to the foot of, in order to identify

• the young of an animal cared for at one time

• think moodily or anxiously about something

• hang over, as of something threatening, dark, or menacing

• be in a huff and display one's displeasure

• be in a huff; be silent or sullen

• sit on (eggs)

• the act of grasping

• a tense critical situation

• a number of birds hatched at the same time

• a collection of things or persons to be handled together

• a woman's strapless purse that is carried in the hand

• a pedal or lever that engages or disengages a rotating shaft and a driving mechanism

• a coupling that connects or disconnects driving and driven parts of a driving mechanism

• take hold of; grab

• hold firmly, usually with one's hands

• affect

• several things grouped together or considered as a whole

• a publication containing a variety of works

• request for a sum of money

• the act of gathering something together

• a body of people who settle far from home but maintain ties with their homeland; inhabitants remain nationals of their home state but are not literally under the home state's system of government

• one of the 13 British colonies that formed the original states of the United States

• a group of organisms of the same type living or growing together

• a place where a group of people with the same interest or occupation are concentrated

• a geographical area politically controlled by a distant country

• (microbiology) a group of organisms grown from a single parent cell

• a group of people living in a particular local area

• a group of people having a religion, ethnic, profession, or other particular characteristic in common

• common ownership

• a group of nations having common interests

• agreement as to goals

• a district where people live; occupied primarily by private residences

• (ecology) a group of interdependent organisms inhabiting the same region and interacting with each other

• an institution created to conduct business

• small military unit; usually two or three platoons

• the state of being with someone

• organization of performers and associated personnel (especially theatrical)

• a social or business visitor

• a social gathering of guests or companions

• a band of people associated temporarily in some activity

• crew of a ship including the officers; the whole force or personnel of a ship

• a unit of firefighters including their equipment

• be a companion to somebody

• a small collection of people

• a small flock of grouse or partridge

• the men and women who man a vehicle (ship, aircraft, etc.)

• an organized group of workmen

• an informal body of friends

• the team of men or women manning a racing shell

• serve as a crew member on

• a group of musicians playing or singing together

• a cast other than the principals

• the chorus of a ballet company

• an assemblage of parts or details (as in a work of art) considered as forming a whole

• a coordinated outfit (set of clothing)

• a church congregation guided by a pastor

• a group of birds

• (often followed by `of') a large number or amount or extent

• an orderly crowd

• a group of sheep or goats

• move as a crowd or in a group

• come together as in a cluster or flock

• a flock of geese

• make a noise characteristic of a goose

• a group of persons together in one place

• the social act of assembling

• the act of gathering something

• sewing consisting of small folds or puckers made by pulling tight a thread in a line of stitching

• a group of cattle or sheep or other domestic mammals all of the same kind that are herded by humans

• a group of wild mammals of one species that remain together: antelope or elephants or seals or whales or zebra

• a crowd especially of ordinary or undistinguished persons or things

• cause to herd, drive, or crowd together

• move together, like a herd

• keep, move, or drive animals

• a vast multitude

• a nomadic community

• a moving crowd

• the offspring at one birth of a multiparous mammal

• rubbish carelessly dropped or left about (especially in public places)

• conveyance consisting of a chair or bed carried on two poles by bearers

• material used to provide a bed for animals

• strew

• make a place messy by strewing garbage around

• give birth to a litter of animals

• a disorderly crowd of people

• a loose affiliation of gangsters in charge of organized criminal activities

• an association of criminals

• press tightly together or cram

• a large indefinite quantity

• a complete collection of similar things

• a convenient package or parcel (as of cigarettes or film)

• an association of criminals

• an exclusive circle of people with a common purpose

• a group of hunting animals

• a cream that cleanses and tones the skin

• a sheet or blanket (either dry or wet) to wrap around the body for its therapeutic effect

• a bundle (especially one carried on the back)

• arrange in a container

• fill to capacity

• compress into a wad

• carry, as on one's back

• set up a committee or legislative body with one's own supporters so as to influence the outcome

• have with oneself; have on one's person

• press tightly together or cram

• hike with a backpack

• press down tightly

• seal with packing

• have the property of being packable or of compacting easily

• load with a pack

• treat the body or any part of it by wrapping it, as with blankets or sheets, and applying compresses to it, or stuffing it to provide cover, containment, or therapy, or to absorb blood