Definition of Rock

silex silicis (med. cilicis)

Two weight changes with the feet apart, taken in any direction

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

(v. t.)
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.
  

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

(v. i.)
To move or be moved backward and forward; to be violently agitated; to reel; to totter.
  

(n.)
The striped bass. See under Bass.
  

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

(n.)
See Roc.
  

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

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

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

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

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rock
\rock\ (?), n. see roc.
rock
\rock\, n. [oe. rocke; akin to d. rok, rokken, g. rocken, ohg. roccho, dan. rok, icel. rokkr. cf. rocket a firework.] a distaff used in spinning; the staff or frame about which flax is arranged, and from which the thread is drawn in spinning. sad clotho held the rocke, the whiles the thread by grisly lachesis was spun with pain, that cruel atropos eftsoon undid.
rock
\rock\, n. [of. roke, f. roche; cf. armor. roc'h, and as. rocc.]
1. a large concreted mass of stony material; a large fixed stone or crag. see stone. come one, come all! this rock shall fly from its firm base as soon as i. w. scott.
2. (geol.) any natural deposit forming a part of the earth's crust, whether consolidated or not, including sand, earth, clay, etc., when in natural beds.
3. that which resembles a rock in firmness; a defense; a support; a refuge. the lord is my rock, and my fortress. xxii. 2.
4. fig.: anything which causes a disaster or wreck resembling the wreck of a vessel upon a rock.
5. (zo?l.) the striped bass. see under bass.
note: this word is frequently used in the formation of self-explaining compounds; as, rock-bound, rock-built, rock-ribbed, rock-roofed, and the like.
rock
alum. [probably so called by confusion with f. roche a rock.] same as roche alum.
rock
barnacle (zo?l.), a barnacle (balanus balanoides) very abundant on rocks washed by tides.
rock
bass. (zo?l.) (a) the stripped bass. see under bass. (b) the goggle-eye. (c) the cabrilla. other species are also locally called rock bass.
rock
builder (zo?l.), any species of animal whose remains contribute to the formation of rocks, especially the corals and foraminifera.
rock
butter (min.), native alum mixed with clay and oxide of iron, usually in soft masses of a yellowish white color, occuring in cavities and fissures in argillaceous slate.
rock
candy, a form of candy consisting of crystals of pure sugar which are very hard, whence the name.
rock
cavy. (zo?l.) see moco.
rock
cod (zo?l.) (a) a small, often reddish or brown, variety of the cod found about rocks andledges. (b) a california rockfish.
rock
cook. (zo?l.) (a) a european wrasse (centrolabrus exoletus). (b) a rockling.
rock
cork (min.), a variety of asbestus the fibers of which are loosely interlaced. it resembles cork in its texture.
rock
crab (zo?l.), any one of several species of large crabs of the genus cancer, as the two species of the new england coast (c. irroratus and c. borealis). see illust. under cancer.
rock
cress (bot.), a name of several plants of the cress kind found on rocks, as arabis petr?a, a. lyrata, etc.
rock
crystal (min.), limpid quartz. see quartz, and under crystal.
rock
dove (zo?l.), the rock pigeon; -- called also rock doo.
rock
drill, an implement for drilling holes in rock; esp., a machine impelled by steam or compressed air, for drilling holes for blasting, etc.
rock
duck (zo?l.), the harlequin duck.
rock
eel. (zo?l.) see gunnel.
rock
goat (zo?l.), a wild goat, or ibex.
rock
hopper (zo?l.), a penguin of the genus catarractes. see under penguin.
rock
kangaroo. (zo?l.) see kangaroo, and petrogale.
rock
lobster (zo?l.), any one of several species of large spinose lobsters of the genera panulirus and palinurus. they have no large claws. called also spiny lobster , and sea crayfish.
rock
meal (min.), a light powdery variety of calcite occuring as an efflorescence.
rock
milk. (min.) see agaric mineral, under agaric.
rock
moss, a kind of lichen; the cudbear. see cudbear.

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 rock of gibraltar 
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 rock cornish 
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shock, cause a personal change, shake him Killing Fields is a powerful movie. It will rock you.

Meaning
In difficulty, with two unsatisfactory options available.
Origin
US origin, earliest known printed reference is Dialect Notes V, 1921.

Meaning
Shoulder.
Origin
Cockney rhyming slang.

Meaning
The form of popular music that came to prominence in the USA in the 1950s.
Origin
The Disc jockey Alan Freed is given credit for popularising the term and he had a radio show called 'Moondog's Rock'n'Roll Party' in 1951. The 1934 film Transatlantic Merry Go Round included the song 'Rock and Roll'. The term had been used by the black community in England, referring to sexual congress, well before this.

See The Rock

shock, cause a personal change; is great, is as good as great rock music, is cool 

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Killing Fields is a powerful movie. It will rock you.
This webcam really rocks. I can send movies to all my friends!

carracán, carraig, creig

Alp = a. precipice, craggy rock

Clegyr = n. cliff, rock

Clogwrn = n. a crag; a rock

Craig = n. a crag; a rock

Cychwyfan = v. to hover; to rock

Siglo = v. to shake, to rock

  cork

1. jewel, especially a diamond; 2. (pl.) testicles; 3. play or dance to rock'n'roll music: “Let's rock”; 4. (of an event, dance party, etc.) be excellent; to go off: “Club Retro really rocks”; 5. (of person or thing) be excellent: “You rock, man”; 6. upset someone's equanimity with a cutting remark, witty come-back, etc.

a pair of socks

(pl.) (a pair of) socks

aggressive, masculine rock and roll

not troubled by intelligence

not troubled by intelligence

1. (of a male or female) to ejaculate; 2. gain pleasurable experience from: “He gets his rocks off on heavy metal”

type of rock'n'roll of the 70s characterised by performers dressed in a showy, glittering, outrageous style

socks

result of unpopularity

abandoned and unloved, lonely

1. close to a state of disaster or ruin; 2. (of a marriage or relationship) liable to end soon; 3. (of drinks) with ice-cubes: “Scotch on the rocks”

go; visit; travel to: “Just rock along to the movies on Saturday”

a church

1. dole (rhyming slang); 2. set out on a journey; leave; go: “Okay everyone, let's rock'n'roll”; 3. begin doing something

(chiefly prison) child moleste

person who fishes from coastal rocks

continue to play, listen or dance to rock'n'roll

play rock'n'roll music

(chiefly prison) child molester

to turn up, to arrive

alone and stuck away from others

socks

1. to wear;"I was rocking my brand new Nikes"
2. to have sexual intercourse
3. Biblical. Alcatraz, Jamaica...
4. crack

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Noun
1. United States gynecologist and devout Catholic who conducted the first clinical trials of the oral contraceptive pill (1890-1984)
(synonym) John Rock
(hypernym) gynecologist, gynaecologist, woman's doctor

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Noun
1. a lump or mass of hard consolidated mineral matter; "he threw a rock at me"
(synonym) stone
(hypernym) natural object
(hyponym) achondrite
2. 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"
(synonym) stone
(hypernym) material, stuff
(hyponym) quartzite
(substance-meronym) mineral
3. (figurative) someone who is strong and stable and dependable; "he was her rock during the crisis"; "Thou art Peter, and upon this rock I will build my church"--Gospel According to Matthew
(hypernym) good person
4. hard stick bright-colored stick candy typically peppermint flavored
(synonym) rock candy
(hypernym) candy
5. 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."
(synonym) rock 'n' roll, rock'n'roll, rock-and-roll, rock and roll, rock music
(hypernym) popular music, popular music genre
(hyponym) heavy metal
(part-meronym) backbeat
(class) backbeat
6. pitching dangerously to one side
(synonym) careen, sway, tilt
(hypernym) lurch, pitch, pitching
(derivation) sway

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Verb
1. move back and forth or sideways; "the ship was rocking"; "the tall building swayed"; "She rocked back and forth on her feet"
(synonym) sway, shake
(hypernym) move back and forth
(hyponym) roll
(verb-group) sway
(derivation) rocking chair, rocker
2. cause to move back and forth; "rock the cradle"; "rock the baby"; "the wind swayed the trees gently"
(synonym) sway
(hypernym) move, displace
(verb-group) sway, shake
(derivation) rocker

an aggregate of different minerals. Rocks are divided into three groups on the basis of their mode of origi igneous, metamorphic, and sedimentary.

Gibraltar Steel Corporation
Exchange: Nasdaq
Processes value-added steel products, primarily broad range of fully processed cold-rolled strip steel products.

ROCK TENN CO
Exchange: NYSE
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Rock of Ages Corporation
Exchange: Nasdaq
Quarries, manufactures and distributes granite memorials used primarily in cemetaries.

County:  Caerphilly
Post Code: NP2

State: MICHIGAN
City: ROCK

State: KANSAS
City: ROCK

Fear of precipices

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Basketball.

a style of American popular music originating in the mid 1950s which featured guitars and driving rhythms  with accents on the offbeats

swing, jump.

1) (n) Crack. 2) (v) To have sexual intercourse. 3) (n) Biblical. Alcatraz, Jamaica... 4) (v) To wear, "I was rocking my brand new Nikes". 5) (n) Diamond. "And them rings you wearin' look like they got a few rocks on 'em" - Eminem (Rock

1) (n) Crack.
2) (v) To have sexual intercourse.
3) (n) Biblical. Alcatraz, Jamaica...
4) (v) To wear, "I was rocking my brand new Nikes".

- one who plays very tight in poker. Only raising with the best hands etc.

kov; kov-tukh

n. nagh

(Heb. tsur), employed as a symbol of God in the Old Testament (1 Sam. 2:2; 2 Sam. 22:3; Isa. 17:10; Ps. 28:1; 31:2,3; 89:26; 95:1); also in the New Testament (Matt. 16:18; Rom. 9:33; 1 Cor. 10:4). In Dan. 2:45 the Chaldaic form of the Hebrew word is translated "mountain." It ought to be translated "rock," as in Hab. 1:12 in the Revised Version. The "rock" from which the stone is cut there signifies the divine origin of Christ. (See STONE.)

a rock
  

Tyrus, strength; rock; sharp
  

stone; rock; that besieges