# rose

Pronunciation: say "ROHZ" US /ɹoʊz/, UK /ɹəʊz/

## Noun

1. A prickly shrub of the genus Rosa, or its often fragrant flower, typically red, pink, white or yellow; garden roses usually have many layered petals.
   - Simple: A sweet-smelling flower, often red or pink, or the thorny bush it grows on. Garden roses have many soft petals.
   - _A deep red rose stood out among the white blossoms in the bouquet._
   - _By midsummer the bush was heavy with fragrant pink roses._
4. A purplish-red or pink color, like that of some rose flowers.
   - Simple: A pink or purplish-red color, like some rose flowers.
   - _The evening sky faded from gold to a gentle rose over the water._
   - _Her dress was a muted rose that suited the warm lighting._
5. An object, decoration or design shaped like a rose flower, including a stylized rose used in heraldry.
   - Simple: An object or design shaped like a rose, including a rose on a coat of arms.
   - _A delicate icing rose crowned the top tier of the wedding cake._
   - _The brooch was a tiny silver rose set with a single pearl._
6. Another spelling of rosé: a pink wine, usually made by leaving the skins of red grapes in the juice for only a short time. — Alternative spelling of rosé. (pronounced: US say "roh-ZAY" /ɹoʊˈzeɪ/; UK say "ROH-zay" /ˈɹəʊzeɪ/)
   - Simple: Another spelling of rosé: a pink-colored wine.
   - _The waiter recommended a crisp rose from Provence._
   - _A glass of rose paired nicely with the grilled salmon._
7. Loosely, any plant of the rose family, Rosaceae, or a plant that looks like a rose, mostly in compound names.
   - Simple: Loosely, a plant in the same family as roses, or a plant that looks like a rose.
   - _The guelder rose in our hedge is really a viburnum, not a true rose at all._
   - _In midwinter the Christmas rose bears white flowers even when snow covers the beds._
9. A round, perforated nozzle on a watering can or hose that breaks the flow into a fine spray.
   - Simple: A round cap with small holes that fits on a watering can to make a soft spray.
   - _The gardener swapped the coarse rose for a finer one to protect the seedlings._
   - _A brass rose on the old watering can spread the water evenly over the bed._
10. A round decorative piece fixed to a ceiling, from which a light or chandelier often hangs; also, the round fitting there that holds the light's wiring. *(UK, Australia)*
   - Simple: A round decoration on a ceiling where a light hangs, or the round cover that holds the light's wires.
   - _A heavy chandelier hung from the ornate rose in the dining room._
   - _The decorator matched the ceiling rose to the cornice molding._
13. Any of various flower-like curves produced by the polar graphs of sinusoids or their squares.
   - Simple: A flower-shaped curve you get when you graph certain sine or cosine equations.
   - _Plotting r equals sine of three theta produces a rose with three petals._
   - _Students compared how the rose changed as they doubled the frequency._

## Verb

2. Past tense of rise. — simple past of rise
   - Simple: Past tense of rise. Use it for the past.
   - _Prices rose sharply after the announcement._
   - _The river rose above its banks during the storm._
8. Past participle of rise. Nonstandard and colloquial; the standard form is risen. *(nonstandard)* — past participle of rise
   - Simple: Past participle of rise. Some people say it in casual talk after has or had, but the usual form is risen.
   - _By dawn the floodwaters had rose well past the old marker._
   - _He said the bread had rose overnight in the warm kitchen._
11. To make something rose-colored, reddening or flushing it. *(literary)*
   - Simple: To make something turn pink or red, like a blush.

## Adjective

3. Rosy in color, ranging from pink to a purplish red.
   - Simple: Having a pink or purplish-red color.
   - _The painter mixed a rose tint for the dawn sky in the background._
   - _Soft rose lighting gave the portraits a flattering glow._

## Verb

12. To fill or scent something with perfume, as with roses. *(rare)*
   - Simple: To give something a sweet smell, like the smell of roses.

## Other meanings

- (noun) A red-bodied butterfly of the genus Pachliopta, one of several large swallowtails.
- (noun) In mathematics, a space or graph made of loops that all meet at a single point or vertex.
- (noun) A fairy chess piece that moves by a series of knight moves following a circular path.

## Origin

**Meanings 1, 3–5, 7, 9–13** — Rose comes from Middle English rose, from Old English rōse, with its vowel shaped by Old French rose, both from Latin rosa. The Latin word is of uncertain origin, but likely came via Oscan from Ancient Greek ῥόδον (rhódon, "rose"), perhaps borrowed from Old Persian and traced by some to Proto-Indo-European *wr̥dʰos ("sweetbriar"), possibly ultimately from a verb meaning "to grow."
**Meanings 2, 8** — A past form of rise.
**Meaning 6** — This sense comes from French rosé ("pinkish").

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/rose (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).