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Meaning of 'bevy' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Bevy [ n.]
- A company; an assembly or collection of persons, especially of ladies.
- A flock of birds, especially quails or larks; also, a herd of roes.

Meaning of 'bevy' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . bevy [ n]
Meaning (1):
- a large gathering of people of a particular type
Example in sentence:
  • a bevy of young beach boys swarmed around him;
  • he was surrounded by a bevy of beauties in bathing attire
Meaning (2):
- a flock of birds (especially when gathered close together on the ground)
Example in sentence:
  • we were visited at breakfast by a bevy of excited ducks

Nearby Words:

bevel bevel gear beveled beveling bevelled bevelling bevelment bever beverage bevered

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