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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.

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a pink or pinkish-red color in the cheek.

rose window.

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.

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.

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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).

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adjective

14.

of the color rose.

15.

for, containing, or growing roses: a rose garden.

16.

scented like a rose.

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verb (used with object)

17.

to make rose-colored.

18.

to flush (the face, cheeks, etc.).

Idiom

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.

Origin:
before 900; Middle English; Old English rōse < Latin rosa; akin to Greek rhódon (see rhododendron)

Related forms

rose·less, adjective

rose·like, adjective

Example Sentences

If the rose is not a poem, the poem is surely a rose.

The number of students enrolled in computer-science programs rose for the first time in six years, says a new report.

According to accounts of the experiments, their hourly output rose when lighting was increased, but also when it was dimmed.

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If the rose is not a poem, the poem is surely a rose.

The number of students enrolled in computer-science programs rose for the first time in six years, says a new report.

According to accounts of the experiments, their hourly output rose when lighting was increased, but also when it was dimmed.

Europeans have dubbed it the rose moon, while other cultures named it the hot moon for the beginning of the summer heat.

In the present context, let's say that you buried your beloved dog beneath a rose bush in your garden.

Vertical grooves indicate where a platform once rose.

The amount of pruning you'll do depends on the rose.

Rose is the author of two novels and a non-fiction book about e-publishing.

Not a single professor rose to question those decisions, nor did anyone seem to give a thought to how their students would pay.

But during warm interglacial periods, sea levels rose and the chalk ridge was the only link.

Muddy water rippled, and a bubble bigger than a coffee table rose to the surface.

If an own-root rose freezes to the ground, any new growth that emerges will be the same variety.

Rose feels that lower prices will induce people to buy the print edition.

Rose petals, for example, make a soothing compress for tired eyes.

Museum campus consists of three buildings, a rose garden and demonstration native plant garden.

The rose produces up to a dozen flowers per cluster.

Rose is the author of a new novel and non-fiction book about e-publishing.

At high water the river spread and rose even higher.

I'd stand in the break zone feeling currents pull at my legs as a crest rose up.

The horses were even as they entered the stretch, and the crowd rose as the two jockeys started whipping their mounts.

It started as a publicity stunt, but now the bloom is off the rose.

Instead, however, the machine rose again and continued on its way.

Like a sunset at the end of a perfect day, rose hips wrap up the season with a blend of color and natural elegance.

It rose on the grounds of a defunct airport, inland from the.

Velvety-soft and dappled with rose and crimson hues.

Each variety had a distinct fragrance from the others, but all were easily identifiable as a rose fragrance.

New gullies appear, and you see them only in places where the temperature rose above the melting point of water.

These have cup-shaped flowers and are less double than the old rose hybrids.

They found that students' level of spiritual quest, or seeking meaning and purpose in life, rose during college.

They rose out of the sea or dove with their flukes in the air.

The fraction of outbreaks stemming from zoonoses in general and the wildlife variety in particular both rose over time.

Jars of skin cream still bore the scent of coconuts, and flasks of perfume exuded essence of rose.

Rose is the author of a new novel and a book about e-publishing.

The overall two-year default rate for students at for-profit colleges also rose.

When the crop dusting stopped, populations rose each year, slowly at first.

He neither rose from poverty nor went off the deep end through drink or craziness.

Rose is the author of two novels and a nonfiction book about e-publishing.

They found that oxygen consumption rose sevenfold in lab pythons after feeding.

Third, adolescents described a sense of being pushed toward something-an urge that rose up without conscious desire.

He eventually rose to become the company's first black executive.

Bright rose flowers bloom from late spring into summer.

Rose is the author of a new novel and a nonfiction book about e-publishing.

Hualien's pink and black rose and seven-color jade stones are found naturally along the county's riverbanks.

What is more, performance on the verbal learning tasks rose in proportion to the length of musical training.

Colors range from cranberry maroon through purple and rose to orchid pink, often in same blossom.

Rose is the author of two novels and two books of nonfiction.

The liquid may come from scented organic water, such as rose water, distilled water or aloe vera gel.

Enormous amounts of water and silt rose through the ground.

Our collective economic fates rose and fell with that tractor business.

The desert rose color of the fine gravel makes the path stand out from the coarser gray gravel mulch around it, inviting you.

Lighter materials, such as the mineral silica, rose to the surface.

Firefighters frantically cranked a rescue ladder, which rose slowly skyward-then stopped at the sixth floor, fully extended.

Large semidouble flowers of rose pink shading to rose red at petal edges.

Over time, violence in the outlying areas of the cities dropped sharply and land values rose.

All kinds have attractive year round foliage and clusters of small white, pink, or rose purple flowers in spring.

Use browns and blues as primary colors, and accents in any other color?like rose and coral?will complement them.

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verb

simple past tense of rise.

Nonstandard. a past participle of rise.

noun

Billy, 1899–1966, U.S. theatrical producer.

Peter Edward (“Pete”; “Charlie Hustle”), born 1941, U.S. baseball player.

Mount, a mountain in W Nevada, the highest in the Carson Range. 10,778 feet (3285 meters).

a female given name.

noun

a pink table wine in which the pale color is produced by removing the grape skins from the must before fermentation is completed.

Origin:
1425–75; < French: literally, pink

verb (used without object)

to get up from a lying, sitting, or kneeling posture; assume an upright position: She rose and walked over to greet me. With great effort he rose to his knees.

to get up from bed, especially to begin the day after a night's sleep: to rise early.

to become erect and stiff, as the hair in fright.

to get up after falling or being thrown down.

to become active in opposition or resistance; revolt or rebel.

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to be built up, erected, or constructed.

to spring up or grow, as plants: Weeds rose overnight.

to become prominent on or project from a surface, as a blister.

to come into existence; appear.

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to come into action, as a wind or storm.

11.

to occur: A quarrel rose between them.

12.

to originate, issue, or be derived; to have a source.

13.

to move from a lower to a higher position; move upward; ascend: The bird rose in the air.

14.

to ascend above the horizon, as a heavenly body.

15.

to extend directly upward; project vertically: The tower rises to a height of 60 feet. The building rises above the city's other skyscrapers.

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to have an upward slant or curve: The path rises as it approaches the woods.

17.

to attain higher rank, status, or importance or a higher economic level: to rise in the world.

18.

to advance to a higher level of action, thought, feeling, etc.: to rise above the commonplace.

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Angling. (of fish) to come up toward the surface of the water in pursuit of food or bait.

20.

to prove oneself equal to a demand, emergency, etc. (followed by to): to rise to the occasion; to rise to one's responsibilities.

21.

to become animated, cheerful, or heartened, as the spirits.

22.

to become roused or stirred: to feel one's temper rising.

23.

to increase in height, as the level of water: The river rose thirty feet in eight hours.

24.

to swell or puff up, as dough from the action of yeast.

25.

to increase in amount, as prices.

26.

to increase in price or value, as commodities.

27.

to increase in degree, intensity, or force, as fever, color, etc.

28.

to become louder or of higher pitch, as the voice.

29.

to adjourn or close a session, as a deliberative body or court.

30.

to return from the dead: Christ rose from the dead and on the third day ascended into heaven.

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verb (used with object)

31.

Nonstandard. to cause to rise.

32.

Nautical. to cause (something) to rise above the visible horizon by approaching nearer to it; raise.

noun

33.

an act or instance of rising.

34.

appearance above the horizon, as of the sun or moon.

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elevation or increase in rank, fortune, influence, power, etc.: the rise and fall of ancient Rome.

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an increase in height, as of the level of water.

37.

the amount of such increase.

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an increase in amount, as of prices.

39.

an increase in price or value, as of commodities.

40.

Chiefly British. raise (defs. 33–35).

41.

an increase in degree or intensity, as of temperature.

42.

an increase in loudness or in pitch, as of the voice.

43.

Architecture, Building Trades.

the measured height of any of various things, as a roof, a flight of steps, a stair step, or the crown of a road.

the measured height of an arch from the springing line to the highest point of the intrados.

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the vertical distance through which the floor of an elevator or the like passes.

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origin, source, or beginning: the rise of a stream in a mountain.

46.

a coming into existence or notice: the rise of a new talent.

47.

extension upward.

48.

the amount of such extension.

49.

upward slope, as of ground or a road.

50.

a piece of rising or high ground: a house built upon a gentle rise.

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the distance between the crotch and the waist of a pair of trousers: Pants with a high rise are now in style.

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Angling. the coming up of a fish toward the surface in pursuit of food or bait.

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Verb phrase

53.

rise above, to ignore or be indifferent to, as an insult.

Idioms

54.

get a rise out of, Informal.

to provoke, as to action or anger.

to evoke the expected or desired response from.

55.

give rise to, to originate; produce; cause: The Industrial revolution gave rise to accelerated urbanization.

Origin:
before 1000; Middle English risen (v.), Old English rīsan; cognate with Dutch rijzen, Old High German rīsan, Gothic reisan; akin to raise, rear²

Related forms

half-rise, noun

re·rise, verb, -rose, -ris·en, -ris·ing.

un·ris·en, adjective

Can be confused: raise, raze, rise (see synonym and usage notes at raise).

Synonyms
12. arise, proceed. 13. mount. 17. succeed, advance.

Antonyms
1. sink. 4. fall. 13. descend. 17. fail.

Usage note
See raise.

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World English Dictionary

rose¹ (rəʊz)

—n
1.	a. any shrub or climbing plant of the rosaceous genus Rosa, typically having prickly stems, compound leaves, and fragrant flowers
	b. (in combination): rosebush; rosetree
2.	the flower of any of these plants
3.	any of various similar plants, such as the rockrose and Christmas rose
4.	a. a moderate purplish-red colour; purplish pink
	b. (as adjective): rose paint
5.	a rose, or a representation of one, as the national emblem of England
6.	jewellery
	a. a cut for a diamond or other gemstone, having a hemispherical faceted crown and a flat base
	b. 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.	electrical engineering Also called: ceiling rose a circular boss attached to a ceiling through which the flexible lead of an electric-light fitting passes
10.	history red rose See white rose
11.	bed of roses a situation of comfort or ease
12.	under the rose in secret; privately; sub rosa

—vb
13.	(tr) to make rose-coloured; cause to blush or redden

[Old English, from Latin rosa, probably from Greek rhodon rose]

'roselike¹

—*adj*

rose² (rəʊz)

—vb
	the past tense of rise

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Main Entry:	rose
Part of Speech:	n
Definition:	See compass rose

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Word Origin & History

rise

O.E. risan (usually arisan; class I strong verb; past tense ras, pp. risen), from P.Gmc. *us-risanan "to go up" (cf. O.N. risa, Goth. urreisan "to rise," O.H.G. risan "to rise, flow," Ger. reisen "to travel," originally "to rise for a journey"). Related to raise (q.v.). The noun meaning "upward movement"

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is from 1573; the meaning "a piece of rising ground" is from 1639. Phrase to get a rise out of (someone) (1834) is a metaphor from angling (1651). Riser "upright part of a step" is from 1771.

rose

O.E. rose, from L. rosa (cf. It., Sp. rosa, Fr. rose; also source of Du. roos, Ger. Rose, Swed. ros, etc.), probably via It. and Gk. dialects from Gk. rhodon "rose" (Aeolic wrodon), ult. from Pers. *vrda-. But cf. Tucker: "The rose was a special growth of Macedonia & the Thracian region as well as of

Persia, & the Lat. & Gk. names prob. came from a Thraco-Phrygian source." Aramaic warda is from O.Pers.; the modern Pers. cognate, via the usual sound changes, is gul, source of Turk. gül "rose." The ultimate source of all this may be PIE *wrdho- "thorn, bramble." Used of a color since 1530. In English civil wars of 15c., the white rose was the badge of the House of York, the red of its rival Lancaster. Rose-water is attested from 1398. Rose-colored "optimistic" is first recorded 1854. In the fig. sense, bed of roses is from 1593. Rosy in the sense of "cheerful" is first recorded 1775; meaning "promising" is from 1887. Rose of Sharon (Song of Sol. ii.1) is attested from 1611 and named for the fertile strip of coastal Palestine. The flower has not been identified; used in U.S. since 1847 of the Syrian hibiscus.

rosé

light red wine, 1897, from Fr. vin rosé, lit. "pink wine."

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Computing Dictionary

ROSE definition

Remote Operations Service Element

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Bible Dictionary

Rose definition

Many varieties of the rose proper are indigenous to Syria. The famed rose of Damascus is white, but there are also red and yellow roses. In Cant. 2:1 and Isa. 35:1 the Hebrew word _habatstseleth_ (found only in these passages), rendered "rose" (R.V. marg., "autumn crocus"), is supposed by some to mean the oleander, by others the sweet-scented narcissus (a native of Palestine), the tulip, or the daisy; but nothing definite can be affirmed regarding it. The "rose of Sharon" is probably the cistus or rock-rose, several species of which abound in Palestine. "Mount Carmel especially abounds in the cistus, which in April covers some of the barer parts of the mountain with a glow not inferior to that of the Scottish heather." (See MYRRH ØT0002632 [2].)

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Idioms & Phrases

rose

see bed of roses; come up roses; see through rose-colored glasses.