BEVY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does bevy mean? 

• BEVY (noun)
  The noun BEVY has 2 senses:

1. a large gathering of people of a particular type

2. a flock of birds (especially when gathered close together on the ground)

  Familiarity information: BEVY used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• BEVY (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A large gathering of people of a particular type

Classified under:

Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects

Context example:

a bevy of young beach boys swarmed around him

Hypernyms ("bevy" is a kind of...):

assemblage; gathering (a group of persons together in one place)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A flock of birds (especially when gathered close together on the ground)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects

Context example:

we were visited at breakfast by a bevy of excited ducks

Hypernyms ("bevy" is a kind of...):

flock (a group of birds)

Meronyms (members of "bevy"):

quail (small gallinaceous game birds)

 Context examples 

Cassini scientists have a bevy of investigations planned for Dione.

(Cassini to Make Last Close Flyby of Saturn Moon Dione, NASA)