English to English noun
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a lump or mass of hard consolidated mineral matter | | Example: he threw a rock at me
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material consisting of the aggregate of minerals like those making up the Earth's crust | | Example: that mountain is solid rock stone is abundant in New England and there are many quarries
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United States gynecologist and devout Catholic who conducted the first clinical trials of the oral contraceptive pill (1890-1984) | | source: wordnet30
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(figurative) someone who is strong and stable and dependable | | Example: he was her rock during the crisis Thou art Peter, and upon this rock I will build my church
source: wordnet30
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hard bright-colored stick candy (typically flavored with peppermint) | | source: wordnet30
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a genre of popular music originating in the 1950s; a blend of black rhythm-and-blues with white country-and-western | | Example: rock is a generic term for the range of styles that evolved out of rock'n'roll.
source: wordnet30
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pitching dangerously to one side | | source: wordnet30
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See Roc. | | source: webster1913
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A distaff used in spinning; the staff or frame about which flax is arranged, and from which the thread is drawn in spinning. | | source: webster1913
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A large concreted mass of stony material; a large fixed stone or crag. See Stone. | | source: webster1913 verb
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move back and forth or sideways | | Example: the ship was rocking the tall building swayed She rocked back and forth on her feet
source: wordnet30
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cause to move back and forth | | Example: rock the cradle rock the baby the wind swayed the trees gently
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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. | | source: webster1913
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To move or be moved backward and forward; to be violently agitated; to reel; to totter. | | source: webster1913
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