[rohz] 
noun, adjective, verb, rosed, ros⋅ing.| 1. | any of the wild or cultivated, usually prickly-stemmed, pinnate-leaved, showy-flowered shrubs of the genus Rosa. Compare rose family. |
| 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. | Heraldry. a representation of a wild rose with five petals, usually seeded and barbed in a symmetrical design and used esp. 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.
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| 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. | 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). |
| 14. | of the color rose. |
| 15. | for, containing, or growing roses: a rose garden. |
| 16. | scented like a rose. |
| 17. | to make rose-colored. |
| 18. | to flush (the face, cheeks, etc.). |
| 19. | come up roses, Informal. to turn out all right; result in success, glory, or profit: Despite setbacks, things should come up roses in the long run. |
[rohz] | 1. | Billy, 1899–1966, U.S. theatrical producer. |
| 2. | Peter Edward (“Pete”; “Charlie Hustle” ), born 1941, U.S. baseball player. |
| 3. | Mount, a mountain in W Nevada, the highest in the Carson Range. 10,778 ft. (3285 m). |
| 4. | a female given name. |
[roh-zey] | a pink table wine in which the pale color is produced by removing the grape skins from the must before fermentation is completed. |
| rose 1 (rōz) n.
[Middle English, from Old English, from Latin rosa.] Word History: It is etymologically correct to drink a julep while watching the Run for the Roses. The English word rose comes from Latin and Old French. Latin rosa may be an Etruscan form of Greek Rhodia, "Rhodian, originating from Rhodes." The Attic Greek word for rose is rhodon, and in Sappho's Aeolic dialect of Greek it is wrodon. In Avestan, the language of the Persian prophet Zoroaster, "rose" is varəda and in Armenian vard, words both related to the Aeolic form. The Modern Persian word for "rose" is gul (which, believe it or not, is descended from a form quite similar to varəda through a series of regular sound changes); and gul-āb is "rose-water." Gulāb is also a drink made of water and honey or syrup. The name of this Persian treat was borrowed into Arabic as julāb and then, through Spanish and French, became julep in English, the ambrosia for sipping on Derby Day. |
| ro·sé (rō-zā') n. A light pink wine made from purple grapes, with the skins being removed from the juice during fermentation as soon as the desired color has been attained. [French (vin) rosé, pink (wine), from Old French, from rose, rose; see rose1.] |