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   Rock
   Rock is a township in Marshall County Kansas, USA Rock is a township in Pipestone County Minnesota, USA Rock is a town in Rock County Wisconsin, USA Rock is a town in Wood County Wisconsin, USA Rock is a township in Grant County North Dakota, USA Rock is a township in Benson County North Dakota, USA
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   rock
   [n] - material consisting of the aggregate of minerals like those making up the Earth`s crust 2. [n] - a lump or mass of hard consolidated mineral matter 3. [n] - pitching dangerously to one side 4. [v] - cause to move back and forth 5. [v] - move back and forth in an unstable manner
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   Rock
   music derived from blues and country music in the 1950`s
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   Rock
   A consolidated or unconsolidated aggregate of minerals or organic materials. (Oxford Dictionary of Earth Sciences). Rocks can be made of a single type of mineral, or more than one mineral. For example, limestone is made (mostly) of calcite and quartzite is made just of quartz. Granite is made up of three main minerals: quartz, feldspar and mica
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   rock
   deformation of the base so that an article does not stand firmly on a flat surface Category: Various industries and crafts • excessive play between ground surfaces intended to match Category: Various industries and crafts • (curling) Mr. X sweeps Mr. Y`s rock down the highs. Category: Sports, entertainments and leisure
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   Rock
   (= Rock-1, ROK-b; Rock-2, ROKa) Serine threonine kinases, putative targets for rho activation. Rock-2 may act as an effector for GTP-Rho-A in inducing cytoskeletal rearrangement.
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   Rock
   Rock noun See Roc .
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   Rock
   Rock noun [ Middle English rocke ; akin to Dutch rok , rokken , German rocken , Old High German roccho , Danish rok , Icelandic rokkr . Confer Rocket a firework.] A distaff used in spinning; the staff or frame about which flax is arranged, and from which the thread is drawn in spinning. Chapman. « Sad Clotho held the rocke< ...
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   Rock
   Rock noun [ Old French roke , French roche ; confer Armor. roc'h , and Anglo-Saxon rocc .] 1. A large concreted mass of stony material; a large fixed stone or crag. See Stone . « Come one, come all! this rock shall fly From its firm base as soon as I.» Sir W. Scott. 2. (Geol.) Any natural deposit forming a part ...
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    Rock
    Rock transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Rocked ; present participle & verbal noun Rocking .] [ Anglo-Saxon roccian ; akin to Danish rokke to move, to snake; confer Icelandic rukkja to pull, move, German rücken to move, push, pull.] 1. To cause to sway backward and forward, as a body resti ...
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    Rock
    Rock intransitive verb 1. To move or be moved backward and forward; to be violently agitated; to reel; to totter. « The rocking town Supplants their footsteps.» J. Philips . 2. To roll or saway backward and forward upon a support; as, to rock in a rocking-chair.
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    rock
    1. A large concreted mass of stony material; a large fixed stone or crag. See Stone. 'Come one, come all! this rock shall fly From its firm base as soon as I.' (Sir W. Scott) ... 2. <geology> Any natural deposit forming a part of the earth's crust, whether consolidated or not, including sand, earth, clay, etc, when in natural beds. ... 3. That ...
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    rock
    careen noun pitching dangerously to one side
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    rock
    stone noun material consisting of the aggregate of minerals like those making up the Earth`s crust; `that mountain is solid rock`; `stone is abundant in New England and there are many quarries`
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    rock
    noun (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
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    Rock
    noun United States gynecologist and devout Catholic who conducted the first clinical trials of the oral contraceptive pill (1890-1984)
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    rock
    noun a lump or mass of hard consolidated mineral matter; `he threw a rock at me`
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    rock
    noun hard bright-colored stick candy (typically flavored with peppermint)
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    Rock
    • (n.) A large concreted mass of stony material; a large fixed stone or crag. See Stone. • (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. • (v. i.) To move or be moved backward and forward; to be violently agitated; to reel; to totter...
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    rock
    form of popular music that emerged in the 1950s.[54 related articles]
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    rock
    in geology, naturally occurring and coherent aggregate of one or more minerals. Such aggregates constitute the basic unit of which the solid Earth is ... [29 related articles]
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    Rock
    Rock is a English boy name. The meaning of the name is `Rock` From Old English. Rock doesn`t appear In 2007`s top-1000 name list.The last time Rock appeared In the top-1000 was 48 years ago, In 1960. It ranked #764 In that year. . 1960 was a `top year` for the name Rock. (Based on 128 years of name history) In that year it ranked #764. The las
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    Rock
    A compact and consolidated mass of mineral matter. Three types of rock are recognized: igneous, sedimentary, and metamorphic.
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    rock
    
    1. a lump of hard consolidated mineral matter
    2. material consisting of the aggregate of minerals like those making up the Earth's crust
    3. hard stick bright-colored stick candy typically peppermint flavored
    4. a genre of popular music originating in the 1950s; a blend of Black rhythm-and-blues with White country-and-western
    5. pitching dangerously to one side
    
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    rock
    Credit: U.S. Geological Survey A naturally occurring mixture of minerals, mineral matter, or organic materials. Three main types occur: sedimentary rocks, formed by weathering and mechanical sorting on the Earth's surface; metamorphic rocks, which are rocks that have been transformed by the eff...
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