rocks in English

noun

1

the solid mineral material forming part of the surface of the earth and other similar planets, exposed on the surface or underlying the soil or oceans.

Groundwater will contain the minerals dissolved as the water moves through soil and rock materials.

2

a large piece of rock that has become detached from a cliff or mountain; a boulder.

the stream flowed through a jumble of rocks

3

used in similes and metaphors to refer to someone or something that is extremely strong, reliable, or hard.

imagining himself as the last rock of civilization being swept over by a wave of barbarism

synonyms: foundation, cornerstone, support, prop, mainstay, tower of strength, bulwark, anchor

4

money.

5

rock music.

a rock star

6

a gentle movement to and fro or from side to side.

she placed the baby in the cradle and gave it a rock

verb

1

move gently to and fro or from side to side.

she rocked the baby in her arms

synonyms: move to and fro, move back and forth, sway, seesaw, roll, pitch, plunge, toss, lurch, reel, list, wobble, oscillate

2

dance to or play rock music.

While my musical strength may be in the Classical realm, I also know that Little Richard really rocked in his day.

3

wear (a garment) or affect (an attitude or style), especially in a confident or flamboyant way.

she was rocking a clingy little leopard-skin number

noun

boulder, stone, pebble
crag, cliff, outcrop
foundation, cornerstone, support, prop, mainstay, tower of strength, bulwark, anchor
diamond, jewel, precious stone
tilt, sway, careen
stone
rock candy
rock music, rock-and-roll, rock and roll, rock'n'roll, rock 'n' roll

verb

move to and fro, shake, stun, be impressive, sway
move to and fro, move back and forth, sway, seesaw, roll, pitch, plunge, toss, lurch, reel, list, wobble, oscillate
shake, vibrate, quake, tremble
stun, shock, stagger, astonish, startle, surprise, shake, shake up, take aback, throw, unnerve, disconcert
be impressive, kick butt, blow one away, blow one's mind, rock one's world, be cool, be on fire
shake, sway
sway

Use "rocks" in a sentence

1. Biogenic sedimentary rocks are rocks created from organisms

2. Albian rocks overlie rocks of the Aptian Stage and underlie rocks of the Cenomanian Stage.

3. Adamantite rocks are protruding rocks containing Adamantite ore

4. nature of surrounding rocks, their chemistry and mineralogy, including hydrothermal alteration of mineralised rocks and barren rocks,

5. nature of surrounding rocks, their chemistry and mineralogy, including hydrothermal alteration of mineralised rocks and barren rocks

6. Two series of carbonate rocks and Argillaceous rocks with

7. Seal rocks

8. Argillaceo us rocks: Argillaceous rocks are those sedimentary rocks that are made up of their finest clay particles

9. - ACID VOLCANIC ROCKS

10. Rocks. Two limes?

11. Pressurized fluids fracture rocks.

12. Rocks in both ears.

13. These rocks contain Volucite.

14. Compressibility of Porous Rocks

15. On the rocks, please.

16. Anorthosites, rocks composed almost entirely of plagioclase feldspar, are the oldest rocks on the Moon

17. The rocks in the Asthenosphere are not as dense as the rocks in the lithosphere.

18. Igneous rocks, especially glassy basaltic rocks are more susceptible to weathering and alteration forming halloysite.

19. You two are my rocks.

20. Favorite Add to 2 pieces of Amygdaloidal basalt stone, Michigan rocks, rocks and minerals Sallysgemtreasures

21. He scrambled over the rocks.

22. The waves lash the rocks.

23. Red Rocks Amphitheatre Tickets Information

24. Abjuration Brewing, McKees Rocks, Pennsylvania

25. Rocks and minerals are inorganic.

26. They now have rocks galore, probably the oldest rocks ever examined, sitting on their home territory.

27. Some rocks and some finches.

28. The rocks have been stirring...

29. The rocks in the mineralized district consist of greenstones, carbonate rocks, albite felsite and graphite felsite.

30. Such situations are common in thrust blocks, interbedded sedimentary rocks, weathering profiles, and deformed metamorphic rocks.

31. In wall rocks and plutonic rocks kinematic indicators imply sinistral displacement; in the wall rocks adjacent to the intrusive complex, strike shear was combined with normal displacement.

32. Such rocks are said to be permeable; sandstones and gravels are good examples of permeable rocks.

33. Cryptocrystalline or microcrystalline rocks consist of microscopic crystals, but, again, those rocks lack a uniform crystalline structure

34. " Tomorrow, we will sail past those rocks, and on those rocks sit some beautiful women called Sirens.

35. Pre- to Early Variscan metamorphic rocks and intrusive calc-alkaline rocks are constituting the Odenwald accretionary complex.

36. These and similar rocks are impermeable.

37. The children Clambered over the rocks

38. Punakaiki Blow holes and pancake rocks

39. It's made out of rocks, man.

40. 23 Huge hammers crush the rocks.

41. They clambered over the slippery rocks.

42. Sue's marriage is on the rocks.

43. The two suites of volcanic rocks range from least altered rocks showing primary igneous mineralogy, to intensely altered rocks composed of an assemblage of quartz, montmorillonite, sericite, and adularia.

44. The children Clambered over the rocks

45. Prevent rocks ordebris from being Blownor

46. Many ordinary rocks (feldspars) are Aluminosilicates

47. Archean wall rocks are not altered.

48. Rocks bar access from the south.

49. Heave the rocks into the ravine.

50. Vitreous rocks are hard and shiny.