DICTOMETER

ROCKS

(rock, mecer, mecerse, peña, risco, gynge, klippe, stein, steinblokk, vugge)

1. Synonyms:
   • Rock
   • Stone
   Definitions:
   • a lump or mass of hard consolidated mineral matter
   Examples:
   • He threw a rock at me
   
   
2. Synonyms:
   • Rock
   • Stone
   Definitions:
   • material consisting of the aggregate of minerals like those making up the Earth's crust
   Examples:
   • That mountain is solid rock
   • Stone is abundant in New England and there are many quarries
   
   
3. Synonyms:
   • Rock
   • John Rock
   Definitions:
   • United States gynecologist and devout Catholic who conducted the first clinical trials of the oral contraceptive pill (1890-1984)
   
   
4. Synonyms:
   • Rock
   Definitions:
   • (figurative) someone who is strong and stable and dependable
   Examples:
   • He was her rock during the crisis
   • Thou art Peter, and upon this rock I will build my church
   
   
5. Synonyms:
   • Rock candy
   • Rock
   Definitions:
   • hard bright-colored stick candy (typically flavored with peppermint)
   
   
6. Synonyms:
   • Rock 'n' roll
   • Rock'n'roll
   • Rock-and-roll
   • Rock and roll
   • Rock
   • Rock music
   Definitions:
   • a genre of popular music originating in the 1950s
   • a blend of black rhythm-and-blues with white country-and-western
   Examples:
   • Rock is a generic term for the range of styles that evolved out of rock'n'roll.
   
   
7. Synonyms:
   • Rock
   • Careen
   • Sway
   • Tilt
   Definitions:
   • pitching dangerously to one side
   
   

1. Synonyms:
   • Rock
   • Sway
   • Shake
   Definitions:
   • move back and forth or sideways
   Examples:
   • The ship was rocking
   • The tall building swayed
   • She rocked back and forth on her feet
   
   
2. Synonyms:
   • Rock
   • Sway
   Definitions:
   • cause to move back and forth
   Examples:
   • Rock the cradle
   • Rock the baby
   • The wind swayed the trees gently