rock
part of speech
noun (rock, rocks); verb (rock, rocks, rocked, rocking)
meaning for a pupil
1) The hard, solid material that the Earth's surface is made of. tree →
2) A large stone: "sitting on a rock". tree →
3) A kind of loud popular music with guitars and drums: "rock music". tree →
4) As a verb, to move gently from side to side or back and forth: "rock the baby". tree →
5) As a verb, to shake or shock: "The earthquake rocked the town." tree →
6) A hard sweet in a stick (British seaside rock). tree →
sense in the lessons
In the Tanakh and 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. In the primary 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
- For their rock is not as our Rock, even our enemies themselves being judges. (Torah DEU.32.31, JPS 1917) tree →
- And it is said: Where are their gods, the rock in whom they trusted; (Torah DEU.32.37, JPS 1917) tree →
- Of the Rock that begot thee thou wast unmindful, and didst forget God that bore thee. (Torah DEU.32.18, JPS 1917) tree →
- Do horses run upon the rocks? (Prophets AMO.6.12, JPS 1917) tree →
- And who is a Rock, except our God? (Writings PSA.18.32, JPS 1917) tree →
- Yea, there is no Rock; I know not any. (Prophets ISA.44.8, JPS 1917) tree →
- This rock has a fossil in it. tree →
- We sat on a big rock. tree →
- Rocks slowly break down into sand. tree →
- Granite is a very hard rock. tree →
- Rock the baby to sleep. tree →
- The earthquake rocked the city. tree →
- Look for crabs in the rock pools. tree →
- My dad loves rock music. tree →
- The ship had struck upon a rock. tree →
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 the corpora
- And the LORD said: 'Behold, there is a place by Me, and thou shalt stand upon the rock.
- And the rock-badger, because he cheweth the cud but parteth not the hoof, he is unclean unto you.
- Of the Rock that begot thee thou wast unmindful, and didst forget God that bore thee.
- For their rock is not as our Rock, even our enemies themselves being judges.
- And it is said: Where are their gods, the rock in whom they trusted;
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «rock» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.