ross

¹

[ raws, ros ]

noun

1. the rough exterior of bark.

verb (used with object)

1. to remove the rough exterior of bark from (a log or the like).

Ross

²

[ raws, ros ]

noun

1. Betsy Gris·com [gris, -k, uh, m], 1752–1836, maker of the first U.S. flag.
2. Harold Wallace, 1892–1951, U.S. publisher and editor.
3. Sir James Clark, 1800–62, English navigator: explorer of the Arctic and the Antarctic.
4. his uncle Sir John, 1777–1856, Scottish naval officer and Arctic explorer.
5. John CoowescooweorKooweskoowe, 1790–1866, Cherokee leader.
6. Nellie Tay·loe [tey, -loh], 1876–1977, U.S. politician and governor of Wyoming: first woman U.S. governor 1925–27.
7. Sir Ronald, 1857–1932, English physician: Nobel Prize 1902.
8. a male given name.

Ross

/ rɒs /

noun

1. RossDiana1944FUSMUSIC: popular singer Diana . born 1944, US singer: lead vocalist (1961–69) with Motown group the Supremes, whose hits include "Baby Love" (1964). Her subsequent recordings include Lady Sings the Blues (film soundtrack, 1972), and Chain Reaction (1986)
2. RossSir James Clark18001862MBritishMILITARY: naval officerTRAVEL AND EXPLORATION: explorer Sir James Clark . 1800–62, British naval officer; explorer of the Arctic and Antarctic. He located the north magnetic pole (1831) and discovered the Ross Sea during an Antarctic voyage (1839–43)
3. RossSir John17771856MScottishMILITARY: naval officerTRAVEL AND EXPLORATION: explorer his uncle, Sir John . 1777–1856, Scottish naval officer and Arctic explorer
4. RossSir Ronald18571932MEnglishSCIENCE: bacteriologist Sir Ronald . 1857–1932, English bacteriologist, who discovered the transmission of malaria by mosquitoes: Nobel prize for physiology or medicine 1902

Word History and Origins

Origin of ross¹

First recorded in 1570–80; origin uncertain

Example Sentences

Still, they’re mostly “good, safe messages that I don’t think many public health experts would argue with,” says Ross Brownson, an expert on evidence-based public health at Washington University in St. Louis.

From Science Magazine

Andrew Ross Sorkin is a columnist and the founder of DealBook, the flagship business and policy newsletter at The Times and an annual conference.

From New York Times

RaMell Ross — “Nickel Boys” “Sean Baker’s movies are attuned to class and privilege, existing on the edges of an America rarely captured on film. With ‘Anora,’ Baker has given us a Cinderella story about a Brooklyn stripper who thinks she has found her Prince Charming in a feckless Russian oligarch.

From Los Angeles Times

Tied at the top with awards-season juggernaut “Emilia Pérez” is RaMell Ross and Joslyn Barnes’ adaptation of Colson Whitehead’s novel “The Nickel Boys.”

From Los Angeles Times

Glenn Whipp’s two cents on “Nickel Boys”: “If you’ve read Colson Whitehead’s Pulitzer Prize-winning novel about the friendship between two Black boys at a brutal Florida reform school, you know it’s not an easy read — or an easy book to adapt for a film. RaMell Ross does a masterful job.”

From Los Angeles Times