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rose
1[ rohz ]
noun
- any of the wild or cultivated, usually prickly-stemmed, pinnate-leaved, showy-flowered shrubs of the genus Rosa. Compare rose family.
- any of various related or similar plants.
- the flower of any such shrub, of a red, pink, white, or yellow color.
- the traditional reddish color of this flower, variously a purplish red, pinkish red, or light crimson.
- an ornament shaped like or suggesting this flower.
- a pink or pinkish-red color in the cheek.
- Heraldry. a representation of a wild rose with five petals, usually seeded and barbed in a symmetrical design and used especially as the cadency mark of a seventh son.
- any of various diagrams showing directions radiating from a common center, as a compass card or wind rose.
- Jewelry.
- an obsolete gem style or cut, flat on the bottom and having an upper side with from 12, or fewer, to 32 triangular facets.
- a gem with this cut.
- a perforated cap or plate, as at the end of a pipe or the spout of a watering pot, to break a flow of water into a spray.
- an ornamental plate or socket surrounding the shaft of a doorknob at the face of a door.
- Mathematics. a plane polar curve consisting of three or more equal loops that meet at the origin. Equation: r = a sin( nθ ) or r = a cos( nθ ).
adjective
- of the color rose.
- for, containing, or growing roses:
a rose garden.
- scented like a rose.
verb (used with object)
, rosed, ros·ing.
- to make rose-colored.
- to flush (the face, cheeks, etc.).
rosé
3[ roh-zey ]
noun
- a pale pink wine resembling white wine in taste, made from red grapes by removing the skins from the must before fermentation is completed.
Rose
4[ rohz ]
noun
- Billy, 1899–1966, U.S. theatrical producer.
- Peter Edward PeteCharlie Hustle, born 1941, U.S. baseball player.
- Mount, a mountain in W Nevada, the highest in the Carson Range. 10,778 feet (3,285 meters).
- a female given name.
rose
1/ rəʊz /
noun
- any shrub or climbing plant of the rosaceous genus Rosa , typically having prickly stems, compound leaves, and fragrant flowers
- ( in combination )
rosebush
rosetree
- the flower of any of these plants
- any of various similar plants, such as the rockrose and Christmas rose
- a moderate purplish-red colour; purplish pink
- ( as adjective )
rose paint
- a rose, or a representation of one, as the national emblem of England
- jewellery
- a cut for a diamond or other gemstone, having a hemispherical faceted crown and a flat base
- a gem so cut
- a perforated cap fitted to the spout of a watering can or the end of a hose, causing the water to issue in a spray
- a design or decoration shaped like a rose; rosette
- Also calledceiling rose electrical engineering a circular boss attached to a ceiling through which the flexible lead of an electric-light fitting passes
- history See red rose white rose
- bed of rosesa situation of comfort or ease
- under the rosein secret; privately; sub rosa
verb
- tr to make rose-coloured; cause to blush or redden
rose
2/ rəʊz /
verb
- the past tense of rise
rosé
3/ ˈrəʊzeɪ /
noun
- any pink wine, made either by removing the skins of red grapes after only a little colour has been extracted or by mixing red and white wines
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Derived Forms
- ˈroseˌlike, adjective
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Other Words From
- rose·less adjective
- rose·like adjective
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Word History and Origins
Origin of rose1
First recorded before 900; Middle English; Old English rōse, from Latin rosa; possibly via Etruscan ruze, rusi, a noun of uncertain meaning, from Greek rhodéa “rosebush,” from rhódon “rose”
Origin of rose2
First recorded in 1425–75; from French: literally, “pink”; the variant blush wine first recorded in 1980–85
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Word History and Origins
Origin of rose1
Old English, from Latin rosa , probably from Greek rhodon rose
Origin of rose2
C19: from French, literally: pink, from Latin rosa rose 1
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Idioms and Phrases
Idioms
- come out smelling like a rose, to escape negative consequences, especially to find one’s good reputation unaffected by a bad situation or scandalous association.
- come up roses, to turn out all right; result in success, glory, or profit:
Despite setbacks, things should come up roses in the long run.
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Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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