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Definition of 'ROSE'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (n.) rose
any of the wild or cultivated, usu. prickly-stemmed, pinnate-leaved, showy-flowered shrubs of the genus Rosa.

2.  rose
any of various related or similar plants.

3.  rose
the flower of any such shrub, of a red, pink, white, or yellow color.

4.  rose
a pinkish red, purplish pink, or light crimson color.

5.  rose
an ornament shaped like a rose.

6.  rose
any of various diagrams showing directions radiating from a common center, as a compass card.

7.  rose
an old style of gem cut having a flat base and a dome-shaped crown, typically with 24 triangular facets.

8.  rose
a gem with this cut.

9.  rose
a perforated cap or plate, as at the end of a pipe, to break a flow of water into a spray.

10. (adj.) rose
of the color rose.

11.  rose
for, containing, or growing roses.

12.  rose
scented like a rose.

Etymology: (bef. 900; ME; OE rōse < L rosa; akin to Gk rhódon rose (cf. rhododendron ))

Definition of 'ROSE'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (noun) rose, rosebush
any of many shrubs of the genus Rosa that bear roses

2. (noun) blush wine, pink wine, rose, rose wine
pinkish table wine from red grapes whose skins were removed after fermentation began

3. (adj) rose, rosiness
a dusty pink color

4. (adj) rose, roseate, rosaceous
of something having a dusty purplish pink color
"the roseate glow of dawn"

Definition of 'ROSE'

Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary

1. rose
the past tense of "rise"

2. (noun) rose
a garden flower with thorns on its stem
a dozen red roses

Definition of 'ROSE'

Webster Dictionary

1. (noun) ROSE
a flower and shrub of any species of the genus Rosa, of which there are many species, mostly found in the morthern hemispere

2. (noun) ROSE
a knot of ribbon formed like a rose; a rose knot; a rosette, esp. one worn on a shoe

3. (noun) ROSE
a rose window. See Rose window, below

4. (noun) ROSE
a perforated nozzle, as of a pipe, spout, etc., for delivering water in fine jets; a rosehead; also, a strainer at the foot of a pump

5. (noun) ROSE
the erysipelas

6. (noun) ROSE
the card of the mariner's compass; also, a circular card with radiating lines, used in other instruments

7. (noun) ROSE
the color of a rose; rose-red; pink

8. (noun) ROSE
a diamond. See Rose diamond, below

9. ROSE
of Rise

10. ROSE
imp. of Rise

11. (verb) ROSE
to render rose-colored; to redden; to flush

12. (verb) ROSE
to perfume, as with roses

Translation of 'ROSE'

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

Sense: a kind of brightly-coloured, usually sweet-scented flower, usually with sharp thorns.
Afrikaans: roos	Arabic: وَرْدَه	Bulgarian: роза
Brazilian: rosa	Czech: růže	German: die Rose
Danish: rose	Greek: τριαντάφυλλο	Spanish: rosa
Estonian: roos	Farsi: گل سرخ	Finnish: ruusu
French: rose	Hebrew: שוֹשָנָה	Hindi: गुलाब का फूल या पौधा
Croatian: ruža	Hungarian: rózsa	Indonesian: mawar
Icelandic: rós	Italian: rosa	Japanese: ばら
Korean: 장미과의 식물	Lithuanian: rožė	Latvian: roze
Malay: bunga ros	Dutch: roos	Norwegian: rose
Polish: róża	Persian: گل سرخ	Pashto: سور ګل
Portuguese: rosa	Romanian: trandafir	Russian: роза
Slovak: ruža	Slovenian: vrtnica	Serbian: ruža
Swedish: ros	Thai: ดอกกุหลาบ	Turkish: gül
Taiwanese: 玫瑰	Ukrainian: роза	Urdu: گلاپ کا پھول
Vietnamese: hoa hồng	Chinese: 玫瑰花
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