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Definition or meaning of the English word Rock
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. (v. t.). A large concreted mass of stony material; a large fixed stone or crag. See Stone. (n.). A distaff used in spinning; the staff or frame about which flax is arranged; and from which the thread is drawn in spinning. (n.). To move as in a cradle; hence; to put to sleep by rocking; to still; to quiet. (v. t.). Fig.: Anything which causes a disaster or wreck resembling the wreck of a vessel upon a rock. (n.). The striped bass. See under Bass. (n.). To move or be moved backward and forward; to be violently agitated; to reel; to totter. (v. i.). That which resembles a rock in firmness; a defense; a support; a refuge. (n.). To roll or saway backward and forward upon a support; as; to rock in a rocking-chair. (v. i.). Any natural deposit forming a part of the earth's crust; whether consolidated or not; including sand; earth; clay; etc.; when in natural beds. (n.).
Translations for the English word Rock
German Translation for the English word Rock is Fels (m)
Rock Related Rhymes
Rock a bye baby on the tree top,
When the wind blows the cradle will rock,
When the bough breaks the cradle will fall,
And down will come baby, cradle and all.. - The origin and or meaning of this proverb is Origins in American history
The words and lyrics to this nursery rhyme are reputed to reflect the observations of a young pilgrim boy in America who had seen Native Indian mothers suspend a birch bark cradle from the branches of a tree enabling the wind to rock the cradle and the child to sleep. The rhyme also hold a warning on the choice of bough!
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