English-Thai Dictionary

bevy

N กลุ่มคน กลุ่ม ใหญ่  flock group klum-kon-klum-yai

 

bevy

N ฝูง นก  fung-nok

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

BEVY

n.[I know not the origin or affinities of this word. The etymologies I have seen are not worth notice. ] A flock of birds; hence, a company; an assembly or collection of persons; usually applied to females.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

BEVY

Bev "y, n.; pl. Bevies. Etym: [Perhaps orig. a drinking company, fr. OF. bevée (cf. It. beva ) a drink, beverage; then, perh., a company in general, esp. of ladies; and last applied by sportsmen to larks, quails, etc. See Beverage. ]

 

1. A company; an assembly or collection of persons, especially of ladies. What a bevy of beaten slaves have we here! Beau. & Fl.

 

2. A flock of birds, especially quails or larks; also, a herd of roes.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

bevy

bev y |ˈbevē ˈbɛvi | ▶noun ( pl. bevies ) a large group of people or things of a particular kind: he was surrounded by a bevy of beautiful girls. • a group of birds, esp. quail, particularly when closely gathered on the ground. ORIGIN late Middle English: of unknown origin.

 

Oxford Dictionary

bevy

bevy |ˈbɛvi | ▶noun ( pl. bevies ) a large group of people or things of a particular kind: he was surrounded by a bevy of beautiful girls. ORIGIN late Middle English: of unknown origin.

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

bevy

bevy noun a bevy of Vegas headliners: group, crowd, herd, flock, horde, army, galaxy, assemblage, throng, company, gathering, band, body, pack, covey; knot, cluster; informal bunch, gaggle, posse.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

bevy

bevy noun a bevy of beautiful women: group, gang, troop, troupe, party, company, band, body, crowd, pack, army, herd, flock, drove, horde, galaxy, assemblage, gathering; knot, cluster, covey; informal bunch, gaggle, posse, crew.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

bevy

bev y /bévi /名詞 複 -ies C (同種のもの, 特に小鳥 若い女性 子供などの )一団, 集団, 群れ .