Definition and Meaning of ROCK
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rock means :
- See Roc.
- A distaff used in spinning; the staff or frame about which flax is arranged, and from which the thread is drawn in spinning.
- A large concreted mass of stony material; a large fixed stone or crag. See Stone.
- That which resembles a rock in firmness; a defense; a support; a refuge.
- Fig.: Anything which causes a disaster or wreck resembling the wreck of a vessel upon a rock.
- The striped bass. See under Bass.
- 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.
- To move as in a cradle; hence, to put to sleep by rocking; to still; to quiet.
- To move or be moved backward and forward; to be violently agitated; to reel; to totter.
- To roll or saway backward and forward upon a support; as, to rock in a rocking-chair.
- 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.
- An oscillating bar in a machine, as the lever of the bellows of a forge.
Source: All the definitions provided here are from WordNet 3.0 by Princeton University
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