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Bevy Moderate

Origin: Germanic Old English prefix

Bevy has 3 different meanings across 1 category:

Noun

Definitions
Noun
1

a large gathering of people of a particular type

"he was surrounded by a bevy of beauties in bathing attire"

"a bevy of young beach boys swarmed around him"

2

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

"we were visited at breakfast by a bevy of excited ducks"

3

A group of animals, in particular quail.

Example Sentences
"he was surrounded by a bevy of beauties in bathing attire" noun
"a bevy of young beach boys swarmed around him" noun
"we were visited at breakfast by a bevy of excited ducks" noun
Related Terms
Broader Terms (hypernyms)
gathering flock
Rhyming Words
evy hevy kevy levy peevy chevy skeevy greevy dunlevy replevy mcgreevy capital levy
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