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rock

(r/A/k )

a lump or mass of hard consolidated mineral matter(noun.object)

Example:
He threw a rock at me.

Synonym:
stone

source: wordnet30
material consisting of the aggregate of minerals like those making up the Earth's crust(noun.substance)

Example:
That mountain is solid rock.

source: wordnet30
United States gynecologist and devout Catholic who conducted the first clinical trials of the oral contraceptive pill (1890-1984)(noun.person)

Synonym:
john rock

source: wordnet30
(figurative) someone who is strong and stable and dependable(noun.person)

Example:
He was her rock during the crisis.
Thou art Peter, and upon this rock I will build my church.

source: wordnet30
hard bright-colored stick candy (typically flavored with peppermint)(noun.food)

Synonym:
rock candy

source: wordnet30
a genre of popular music originating in the 1950s; a blend of black rhythm-and-blues with white country-and-western(noun.communication)

Example:
Rock is a generic term for the range of styles that evolved out of rock'n'roll..

source: wordnet30
pitching dangerously to one side(noun.act)

Synonym:
careen, sway, tilt

source: wordnet30
See Roc.(noun)

source: webster1913
A distaff used in spinning; the staff or frame about which flax is arranged, and from which the thread is drawn in spinning.(noun)

source: webster1913
A large concreted mass of stony material; a large fixed stone or crag. See Stone.(noun)

source: webster1913

move back and forth or sideways(verb.motion)

Example:
The ship was rocking.
She rocked back and forth on her feet.

Synonym:
shake, sway

source: wordnet30
cause to move back and forth(verb.motion)

Example:
Rock the cradle.
Rock the baby.

Synonym:
sway

source: wordnet30
To cause to sway backward and forward, as a body resting on a support beneath; as, to rock a cradle or chair; to cause to vibrate; to cause to reel or totter.(verb)

source: webster1913
To move or be moved backward and forward; to be violently agitated; to reel; to totter.(verb)

source: webster1913