rose Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun any of many shrubs of the genus Rosa that bear roses
    rosebush.
  2. noun pinkish table wine from red grapes whose skins were removed after fermentation began
    blush wine; pink wine; rose wine.
  3. noun a dusty pink color
    rosiness.
  4. verb move upward
    come up; rise; uprise; lift; go up; arise; move up.
    • The fog lifted
    • The smoke arose from the forest fire
    • The mist uprose from the meadows
  5. verb increase in value or to a higher point
    climb; rise; go up.
    • prices climbed steeply
    • the value of our house rose sharply last year
  6. verb rise to one's feet
    stand up; get up; rise; uprise; arise.
    • The audience got up and applauded
  7. verb rise up
    lift; rise; rear.
    • The building rose before them
  8. verb come to the surface
    rise; rise up; surface; come up.
  9. verb come into existence; take on form or shape
    originate; develop; rise; uprise; spring up; arise; grow.
    • A new religious movement originated in that country
    • a love that sprang up from friendship
    • the idea for the book grew out of a short story
    • An interesting phenomenon uprose
  10. verb move to a better position in life or to a better job
    rise; ascend; move up.
    • She ascended from a life of poverty to one of great
  11. verb go up or advance
    mount; rise; climb; wax.
    • Sales were climbing after prices were lowered
  12. verb become more extreme
    rise; heighten.
    • The tension heightened
  13. verb get up and out of bed
    get up; rise; turn out; uprise; arise.
    • I get up at 7 A.M. every day
    • They rose early
    • He uprose at night
  14. verb rise in rank or status
    jump; climb up; rise.
    • Her new novel jumped high on the bestseller list
  15. verb become heartened or elated
    rise.
    • Her spirits rose when she heard the good news
  16. verb exert oneself to meet a challenge
    rise.
    • rise to a challenge
    • rise to the occasion
  17. verb take part in a rebellion; renounce a former allegiance
    rise; rebel; rise up; arise.
  18. verb increase in volume
    rise; prove.
    • the dough rose slowly in the warm room
  19. verb come up, of celestial bodies
    rise; ascend; uprise; come up.
    • The sun also rises
    • The sun uprising sees the dusk night fled...
    • Jupiter ascends
  20. verb return from the dead
    resurrect; rise; uprise.
    • Christ is risen!
    • The dead are to uprise
  21. adjective satellite of something having a dusty purplish pink color
    roseate; rosaceous.
    • the roseate glow of dawn

WordNet

Rose
Definitions
  1. imp. of Rise.
Rose noun
Etymology
AS. rose, L. rosa, probably akin to Gr. , Armor. vard, OPer. vareda; and perhaps to E. wort: cf. F. rose, from the Latin. Cf. Copperas, Rhododendron.
Definitions
  1. A flower and shrub of any species of the genus Rosa, of which there are many species, mostly found in the morthern hemispere ✍ Roses are shrubs with pinnate leaves and usually prickly stems. The flowers are large, and in the wild state have five petals of a color varying from deep pink to white, or sometimes yellow. By cultivation and hybridizing the number of petals is greatly increased and the natural perfume enhanced. In this way many distinct classes of roses have been formed, as the Banksia, Baurbon, Boursalt, China, Noisette, hybrid perpetual, etc., with multitudes of varieties in nearly every class.
  2. A knot of ribbon formed like a rose; a rose knot; a rosette, esp. one worn on a shoe. Sha.
  3. (Arch.) A rose window. See Rose window, below.
  4. 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. (Med.) The erysipelas. Dunglison.
  6. The card of the mariner's compass; also, a circular card with radiating lines, used in other instruments.
  7. The color of a rose; rose-red; pink.
  8. A diamond. See Rose diamond, below.
Rose transitive verb
Definitions
  1. To render rose-colored; to redden; to flush. Poetic "A maid yet rosed over with the virgin crimson of modesty." Shak.
  2. To perfume, as with roses. Poetic Tennyson.

Webster 1913