Definitions for the word "rock" from multiple English dictionaries.
1. n.
See Roc.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
2. n.
A distaff used in spinning; the staff or frame about which flax is arranged, and from which the thread is drawn in spinning.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
3. n.
A large concreted mass of stony material; a large fixed stone or crag. See Stone.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
4. 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.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
5. n.
That which resembles a rock in firmness; a defense; a support; a refuge.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
6. n.
Fig.: Anything which causes a disaster or wreck resembling the wreck of a vessel upon a rock.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
7. n.
The striped bass. See under Bass.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
8. 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.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
9. v. t.
To move as in a cradle; hence, to put to sleep by rocking; to still; to quiet.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
10. v. i.
To move or be moved backward and forward; to be violently agitated; to reel; to totter.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
11. v. i.
To roll or saway backward and forward upon a support; as, to rock in a rocking-chair.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
12. n.
1 a hard material of the earth''s crust, often exposed on the surface. B similar material on other planets. 2 geol. Any natural material, hard or soft (e.g. Clay), consisting of one or more minerals. 3 a projecting rock forming a hill, cliff, reef, etc. B (the rock) gibraltar. 4 large detached stone. 5 us stone of any size. 6 firm and dependable support or protection. 7 hard sweet usu. In the form of a peppermint-flavoured stick. 8 slang precious stone, esp. A diamond. get one''s rocks off coarse slang achieve (esp. Sexual) satisfaction. On the rocks colloq. 1 short of money. 2 (of a marriage etc.) Broken down. 3 (of a drink) served neat with ice-cubes. [french roque, roche]
Source: Oxford English Dictionary, 1884
13. v.
1 move gently to and fro; set, maintain, or be in, such motion. 2 (cause to) sway; shake, oscillate, reel. 3 distress, perturb (rocked by the news). n. 1 rocking movement. 2 spell of this. 3 a = *rock and roll. B rock and roll-influenced popular music. rock the boat colloq. Disturb a stable situation. [old english]
Source: Oxford English Dictionary, 1884
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