Crossword-Solution: ROCK
Dictionary
| Word | Word Type | Definition |
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| 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. |
Anagrams
| Word | Anagrams | |
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| ROCK | anagram | CORK, KROC |
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Sentences with ROCK (5)
When she stole softly to the edge of the lagoon she might see them by the score, especially on Marooners’ Rock, where they loved to bask, combing out their hair in a lazy way that quite irritated her; or she might even swim, on tiptoe as it were, to within a yard of them, but then they saw her and dived, probably splashing her with their tails, not by accident, but intentionally.
Then up started Hiawatha, And with threatening look and gesture Laid his hand upon the black rock, On the fatal Wawbeek laid it, With his mittens, Minjekahwun, Rent the jutting crag asunder, Smote and crushed it into fragments, Hurled them madly at his father, The remorseful Mudjekeewis, For his heart was hot within him, Like a living coal his heart was.
Mean while in utmost Longitude, where Heav’n With Earth and Ocean meets, the setting Sun Slowly descended, and with right aspect Against the eastern Gate of Paradise Leveld his eevning Rayes: it was a Rock Of Alablaster, pil’d up to the Clouds, Conspicuous farr, winding with one ascent Accessible from Earth, one entrance high; The rest was craggie cliff, that overhung Still as it rose, impossible to climbe.
Standing on a projecting rock, he played several tunes in the hope that the fish, attracted by his melody, would of their own accord dance into his net, which he had placed below.
The trees stood in an attitude of intentness, as if they waited longingly for a wind to come and rock them.
Quotes with ROCK (3)
Scott Waldron.' 'What?' Robbie's lip curled in a glimace of disgust. 'The jockstrap? Why, does he need you to teach him how to read?' I scowled at him. 'Just because he's captain of the football team doesn't mean you can be a jerk. Or are you jealous?' 'Oh, of course, that's it,' Robbie said with a sneer. 'I've always wanted the IQ of a rock. No, wait. That would be an insult to the rock...
I am a sacrifice bound with cords to the horns of the world's rock altar, waiting for worms. I take a deep breath, I open my eyes. Looking, I see there are worms in the horns of the altar like live maggots in amber, there are shells of worms in the rock and moths flapping at my eyes. A wind from no place rises. A sense of the real exults me; the cords loosen: I walk on my way.
This rock has seen billions of years of living organisms and will see many more once we die and turn to dirt. Our life is but one tiny, brief, insignificant piece of this vast universe. So, why, the nihilist argues, do people really think that it is important to be a “good person”, get good grades, or get a good job? What difference could that possibly make to anything? Nihilism is an honest evaluation of what a universe without God would look like. Nietzsche was right about …
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Appears in: Boston Globe, Chicago Tribune, Chronicle, Crossroads, CrosSynergy, LAT, Newsday, NY Sun, NYT, Rock & Roll, S&S, Slate, Three Across, Universal, USA TODAY, WP, WSJ.
Used 221 times in crossword archives (1943–2025).