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rock
A	noun
	1	rock, careen, sway, tilt
			pitching dangerously to one side
		Category Tree: act; human action; human activity ╚action ╚change ╚motion; movement; move; motility ╚lurch; pitch; pitching ╚rock, careen, sway, tilt
	2	rock 'n' roll, rock'n'roll, rock-and-roll, rock and roll, rock, rock music
			a genre of popular music originating in the 1950s; a blend of Black rhythm-and-blues with White country-and-western; "rock is a generic term for the range of styles that evolved out of rock'n'roll."
		Category Tree: abstraction ╚relation ╚social relation ╚communication ╚expressive style; style ╚music genre; musical genre; genre; musical style ╚popular music; popular music genre ╚rock 'n' roll, rock'n'roll, rock-and-roll, rock and roll, rock, rock music ╚punk rock; punk ╚psychedelic rock; acid rock ╚progressive rock; art rock ╚heavy metal
	3	rock candy, rock
			hard stick bright-colored stick candy typically peppermint flavored
		Category Tree: entity ╚substance; matter ╚food; nutrient ╚nutriment; nourishment; nutrition; sustenance; aliment; alimentation; victuals ╚dainty; delicacy; goody; kickshaw; treat ╚sweet; confection; confectionery ╚candy ╚rock candy, rock
	4	rock, stone
			a lump or mass of hard consolidated mineral matter; "he threw a rock at me"
		Category Tree: entity ╚object; physical object ╚natural object ╚rock, stone ╚sill ╚petrifaction ╚pebble ╚outcrop; outcropping; rock outcrop ╚intrusion ╚crystal; crystallization ╚clastic rock ╚chondrite ╚calculus; concretion ╚boulder; bowlder ╚bedrock ╚achondrite
	5	rock
			(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
		Category Tree: entity ╚object; physical object ╚living thing; animate thing ╚organism; being ╚person; individual; someone; somebody; mortal; human; soul ╚good person ╚rock
	6	Rock, John Rock
			United States gynecologist and devout Catholic who conducted the first clinical trials of the oral contraceptive pill (1890-1984)
		Category Tree: entity ╚object; physical object ╚living thing; animate thing ╚organism; being ╚person; individual; someone; somebody; mortal; human; soul ╚adult; grownup ╚professional; professional person ╚health professional; health care provider; caregiver ╚medical practitioner; medical man ╚doctor; doc; physician; MD; Dr.; medico ╚specialist; medical specialist ╚gynecologist; gynaecologist; woman's doctor ╚Rock, John Rock
	7	rock, stone
			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"
		Category Tree: entity ╚substance; matter ╚material; stuff ╚rock, stone ╚aphanite ╚pumice; pumice stone ╚shingling ╚caliche ╚gravel; crushed rock ╚metamorphic rock ╚sima ╚sial ╚sedimentary rock ╚road metal ╚quartzite
B	verb
	1	rock, sway, shake
			move back and forth or sideways; "the ship was rocking"; "the tall building swayed"; "She rocked back and forth on her feet"
		Category Tree: move ╚move back and forth ╚rock, sway, shake ╚totter ╚swag ╚nutate ╚roll
	2	rock, sway
			cause to move back and forth; "rock the cradle"; "rock the baby"; "the wind swayed the trees gently"
		Category Tree: move; displace ╚rock, sway

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