Rose (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

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noun
  1. any of the wild or cultivated, usually prickly-stemmed, pinnate-leaved, showy-flowered shrubs of the genus Rosa.
  2. any of various related or similar plants.
  3. the flower of any such shrub, of a red, pink, white, or yellow color.
  4. the traditional reddish color of this flower, variously a purplish red, pinkish red, or light crimson.
  5. an ornament shaped like or suggesting this flower.
  6. a pink or pinkish-red color in the cheek.
  7. rose window.
  8. 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.
  9. any of various diagrams showing directions radiating from a common center, as a compass card or wind rose.
  10. 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.
  11. 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.
  12. an ornamental plate or socket surrounding the shaft of a doorknob at the face of a door.
  13. 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
  1. of the color rose.
  2. for, containing, or growing roses: a rose garden.
  3. scented like a rose.
verb (used with object), rosed, ros·ing.
  1. to make rose-colored.
  2. to flush (the face, cheeks, etc.).
Idioms
  1. to escape negative consequences, especially to find one’s good reputation unaffected by a bad situation or scandalous association.
  2. to turn out all right; result in success, glory, or profit: Despite setbacks, things should come up roses in the long run.
verb
  1. simple past tense of rise.
  2. a past participle of rise.
noun
  1. U.S. theatrical producer.
  2. U.S. baseball player.
  3. a mountain in W Nevada, the highest in the Carson Range. 10,778 feet (3,285 meters).
  4. a female given name.
noun
  1. a pale pink wine resembling white wine in taste, made from red grapes by removing the skins from the must before fermentation is completed.
noun
    • any shrub or climbing plant of the rosaceous genus Rosa, typically having prickly stems, compound leaves, and fragrant flowers
    • (in combination)
  2. the flower of any of these plants
  3. any of various similar plants, such as the rockrose and Christmas rose
    • a moderate purplish-red colour; purplish pink
    • (as adjective)
  5. a rose, or a representation of one, as the national emblem of England
  6. jewellery
    • a cut for a diamond or other gemstone, having a hemispherical faceted crown and a flat base
    • a gem so cut
  7. 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
  8. a design or decoration shaped like a rose; rosette
  9. a circular boss attached to a ceiling through which the flexible lead of an electric-light fitting passes
  10. history See red rose, white rose
  11. a situation of comfort or ease
  12. in secret; privately; sub rosa
verb
  1. to make rose-coloured; cause to blush or redden
verb
  1. the past tense of rise
noun
  1. 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
Rose (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

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