Rock (n.) |
See Roc. |
Rock (n.) |
A distaff used in spinning; the staff or frame about which flax is arranged, and from which the thread is drawn in spinning. |
Rock (n.) |
A large concreted mass of stony material; a large fixed stone or crag. See Stone. |
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. |
Rock (n.) |
That which resembles a rock in firmness; a defense; a support; a refuge. |
Rock (n.) |
Fig.: Anything which causes a disaster or wreck resembling the wreck of a vessel upon a rock. |
Rock (n.) |
The striped bass. See under Bass. |
Rock (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. |
Rock (v. t.) |
To move as in a cradle; hence, to put to sleep by rocking; to still; to quiet. |
Rock (v. i.) |
To move or be moved backward and forward; to be violently agitated; to reel; to totter. |
Rock (v. i.) |
To roll or saway backward and forward upon a support; as, to rock in a rocking-chair. |
Rock () |
A shaft that oscillates on its journals, instead of revolving, -- usually carrying levers by means of which it receives and communicates reciprocating motion, as in the valve gear of some steam engines; -- called also rocker, rocking shaft, and way shaft. |
Rock (v. i.) |
An oscillating bar in a machine, as the lever of the bellows of a forge. |
Rock |
Naturally occurring solid aggregate of one or more minerals or mineraloids |
Rock |
Larger structure made of solid rock |
Rock |
Type of hard stick-shaped boiled sugar confectionery |
Rock |
Mass of stone projecting out of the ground or water |
Rock |
Village in Cornwall, England |
Rock Synonyms |
Careen, Tilt, Sway |
Rock Synonyms |
Rock, John Rock |
Rock Synonyms |
Rock Candy |
Rock Synonyms |
Rock And Roll, Rock'n'roll, Rock-and-roll, Rock Musi, Rock 'n' Roll |
Rock Synonyms |
Stone |
Rock Synonyms |
Stone |
Rock Synonyms |
Sway, Shake |
Rock Synonyms |
Sway |
ROCK (Acronym / Abbreviation) |
Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad |
ROCK (Acronym / Abbreviation) |
GIBRALTAR STEEL CORP. |
ROCK (Acronym / Abbreviation) |
Rho-associated coiled coil-containing protein kinase |
ROCK (Acronym / Abbreviation) |
Rho-associated coiled-coil forming protein kinase |
ROCK (Acronym / Abbreviation) |
Rho-associated kinase |
ROCK (Acronym / Abbreviation) |
Rho-associated protein kinase |