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Definition of "bevy" []

  • A group of animals or birds, especially larks or quail. See Synonyms at flock1. (noun)
  • A group or an assemblage: a bevy of beauties. (noun)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "bevy" in a sentence
  • "In one room sat the computers -- that is, a bevy of mathematically gifted women toiling away on regression analysis with sharp pencils."
  • "Instead I tried to occupy my mind with recollections of my earthly friends; I visualized my childhood days in India as I studied under old Chand Kabi, I thought of dear old Jimmy Welsh, and I recalled a bevy of girls I had liked and with some of whom I had almost been serious."
  • "Science historian Howard Markel discusses how the term later came to refer to a bevy of genetic manipulations."