rock

Definitions

1. 1noun

   See Roc.

2. 2noun

   A distaff used in spinning; the staff or frame about which flax is arranged, and from which the thread is drawn in spinning.

3. 3noun

   A large concreted mass of stony material; a large fixed stone or crag. See Stone.

4. 4noun

   Any natural deposit forming a part of the earth's crust, whether consolidated or not, including sand, earth, clay, etc., when in natural beds.

5. 5noun

   That which resembles a rock in firmness; a defense; a support; a refuge.

6. 6noun

   Fig.: Anything which causes a disaster or wreck resembling the wreck of a vessel upon a rock.

7. 7noun

   The striped bass. See under Bass.

8. 8transitive verb

   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.

9. 9transitive verb

   To move as in a cradle; hence, to put to sleep by rocking; to still; to quiet.

10. 10intransitive verb

    To move or be moved backward and forward; to be violently agitated; to reel; to totter.

11. 11intransitive verb

    To roll or saway backward and forward upon a support; as, to rock in a rocking-chair.

12. 12noun

    pitching dangerously to one side

    Synonyms

    careenswaytilt
13. 13noun

    a genre of popular music originating in the 1950s; a blend of black rhythm-and-blues with white country-and-western

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

14. 14noun

    hard bright-colored stick candy (typically flavored with peppermint)

15. 15noun

    a lump or mass of hard consolidated mineral matter

    "he threw a rock at me"

    Synonyms

    stone
16. 16noun

    (figurative) someone who is strong and stable and dependable--Gospel According to Matthew

    "he was her rock during the crisis"

    "Thou art Peter, and upon this rock I will build my church"

17. 17noun

    United States gynecologist and devout Catholic who conducted the first clinical trials of the oral contraceptive pill (1890-1984)

18. 18noun

    material consisting of the aggregate of minerals like those making up the Earth's crust

    "that mountain is solid rock"

    "stone is abundant in New England and there are many quarries"

    Synonyms

    stone
19. 19verb

    move back and forth or sideways

    "the ship was rocking"

    "the tall building swayed"

    Synonyms

    shakesway
20. 20verb

    cause to move back and forth

    "rock the cradle"

    "rock the baby"

    Synonyms

    sway