rock
1. a lump or mass of hard consolidated mineral matter (Freq. 14)
- he threw a rock at me
• Syn:
stone
• Derivationally related forms:
stony (for: stone), stone (for: stone), rocky
• Hypernyms:
natural object
• Hyponyms:
achondrite, bedrock, boulder, bowlder, calculus,
concretion, chondrite, clastic rock, crystal, crystallization, intrusion,
outcrop, outcropping, rock outcrop, pebble, petrifaction, sill,
stepping stone, tor, wall rock, whinstone, whin, xenolith
2. material consisting of the aggregate of minerals like those making up the Earth's crust (Freq. 6)
- that mountain is solid rock
- stone is abundant in New England and there are many quarries
• Syn:
stone
• Derivationally related forms:
stone (for: stone)
• Hypernyms:
material, stuff
• Hyponyms:
quartzite, road metal, sedimentary rock, sial, sima,
metamorphic rock, gravel, crushed rock, caliche, shingling, pumice,
pumice stone, aphanite, claystone, dolomite, emery stone, emery rock,
pudding stone, conglomerate, fieldstone, greisen, tufa, calc-tufa,
magma, igneous rock, limestone, marble, matrix
• Substance Meronyms:
mineral
3. (figurative) someone who is strong and stable and dependable
- he was her rock during the crisis
- "Thou art Peter, and upon this rock I will build my church"--Gospel According to Matthew
• Hypernyms:
good person
4. hard bright-colored stick candy (typically flavored with peppermint)
• Syn:
rock candy
• Hypernyms:
candy, confect
5. a genre of popular music originating in the 1950s;
a blend of black rhythm-and-blues with white country-and-western
- rock is a generic term for the range of styles that evolved out of rock'n'roll.
• Syn:
rock 'n' roll, rock'n'roll, rock-and-roll, rock and roll, rock music
• Members of this Topic:
backbeat
• Hypernyms:
popular music, popular music genre
• Hyponyms:
heavy metal, heavy metal music, progressive rock, art rock, psychedelic rock,
acid rock, punk rock, punk
• Part Meronyms:
backbeat
6. pitching dangerously to one side
• Syn:
careen, sway, tilt
• Derivationally related forms:
tilt (for: tilt), sway (for: sway), careen (for: careen), rocky
• Hypernyms:
lurch, pitch, pitching
1. move back and forth or sideways (Freq. 6)
- the ship was rocking
- the tall building swayed
- She rocked back and forth on her feet
• Syn:
sway, shake
• Derivationally related forms:
shake (for: shake), sway (for: sway), rocker
• Hypernyms:
move back and forth
• Hyponyms:
roll, nutate, swag, totter
• Verb Group:
sway
• Verb Frames:
- Something ----s
- Somebody ----s
2. cause to move back and forth
- rock the cradle
- rock the baby
- the wind swayed the trees gently
• Syn:
sway
• Derivationally related forms:
sway (for: sway), rocker
• Hypernyms:
move, displace
• Verb Group:
sway, shake
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Somebody ----s somebody
- Something ----s somebody
- Something ----s something
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