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# rock

noun (rock, rocks); verb (rock, rocks, rocked, rocking)

«rock» in the English dictionary: everyday and in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. The hard, solid material that the Earth's surface is made of. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rock/#m1)
2. A large stone: "sitting on a rock". [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rock/#m2)
3. A kind of loud popular music with guitars and drums: "rock music". [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rock/#m3)
4. As a verb, to move gently from side to side or back and forth: "rock the baby". [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rock/#m4)
5. As a verb, to shake or shock: "The earthquake rocked the town." [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rock/#m5)
6. A hard sweet in a stick (British seaside rock). [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rock/#m6)

### In the lessons

In science, there are three kinds of rock: igneous (from cooled lava), sedimentary (layers pressed together, may hold fossils) and metamorphic (changed by heat and pressure); rocks slowly wear into soil and sand. In safety: rocks at the sea are slippery; don't climb loose rocks. Phrases: rock pool, rock music, solid as a rock, rock bottom, on the rocks.

### Examples

- This rock has a fossil in it. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rock/#x1)
- We sat on a big rock. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rock/#x2)
- Rocks slowly break down into sand. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rock/#x3)
- Granite is a very hard rock. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rock/#x4)
- Rock the baby to sleep. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rock/#x5)
- The earthquake rocked the city. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rock/#x6)
- Look for crabs in the rock pools. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rock/#x7)
- My dad loves rock music. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rock/#x8)
- The ship had struck upon a rock. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rock/#x9)

### Note

"A rock" is countable; "rock" as material is uncountable. In American English, "rock" can mean any stone, even a small one. "Rocking chair" rocks back and forth.

## In Jewish tradition

In Deuteronomy "the Rock" is a name for God, meaning a strong, steady protector. Rocks also appear as real stones, like the one Moses struck for water.

**Interpretation.** Jewish tradition keeps "Tzur," Rock, as a name for God, and it is sung in the song "Tzur Mishelo" at the Sabbath table.

### Examples

- For their rock is not as our Rock, even our enemies themselves being judges. (Torah DEU.32.31, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/R/rock/#x1)
- And it is said: Where are their gods, the rock in whom they trusted; (Torah DEU.32.37, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/R/rock/#x2)
- Of the Rock that begot thee thou wast unmindful, and didst forget God that bore thee. (Torah DEU.32.18, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/R/rock/#x3)
- Do horses run upon the rocks? (Prophets AMO.6.12, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/R/rock/#x4)
- And who is a Rock, except our God? (Writings PSA.18.32, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/R/rock/#x5)
- Yea, there is no Rock; I know not any. (Prophets ISA.44.8, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/R/rock/#x6)

### Note

"A rock" is countable; "rock" as material is uncountable. In American English, "rock" can mean any stone, even a small one. "Rocking chair" rocks back and forth.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «rock» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rock/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«rock» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/rock.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of «rock» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/R/rock/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«rock» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/rock.html) on Mova free.