Rose

//ɹoʊz// adj, name, noun, verb, slang

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Having a purplish-red or pink color; rosy. not-comparable
Adjective
  1. 1
    of something having a dusty purplish pink color wordnet
Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A female given name from Germanic.

    "Celia: Therefore, my sweet Rose, my dear Rose, be merry. Rosalind. From henceforth I will, coz, and devise sports."

  2. 2
    A surname from Middle English.

    "While recording, Rose said, a female passerby “encouraged her to speak with Nicholas, so she...rang his front doorbell.”"

  3. 3
    A number of places in the United States:; An unincorporated community in Rock County, Nebraska.
  4. 4
    A number of places in the United States:; A town and hamlet therein, in Wayne County, New York.
  5. 5
    A number of places in the United States:; An unincorporated community and census-designated place in Mayes County, Oklahoma.
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  1. 6
    A number of places in the United States:; A town in Waushara County, Wisconsin.
  2. 7
    A number of places in the United States:; A number of townships, including in Illinois, Michigan (2), Ohio and Pennsylvania, listed under Rose Township.
  3. 8
    A community in Cumberland County, Nova Scotia, Canada.
  4. 9
    A hamlet in Perranzabuloe parish, Cornwall, England (OS grid ref SW7754).
Noun
  1. 1
    A shrub of the genus Rosa, with red, pink, white or yellow flowers. countable, uncountable
  2. 2
    Alternative spelling of rosé. alt-of, alternative
  3. 3
    A regional contestant in the annual Rose of Tralee contest. Ireland, informal
  4. 4
    a dusty pink color wordnet
  5. 5
    A flower of the rose plant. countable, uncountable

    "Iu. 'Tis but thy name that is my Enemy: Thou art thy ſelfe... What's in a name? That which we call a Roſe, By any other word would ſmell as ſweete..."

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  1. 6
    The winner of that year's contest. Ireland, informal
  2. 7
    pinkish table wine from red grapes whose skins were removed after fermentation began wordnet
  3. 8
    A plant or species in the rose family. (Rosaceae) countable, uncountable
  4. 9
    any of many shrubs of the genus Rosa that bear roses wordnet
  5. 10
    Something resembling a rose flower, such as a compass rose. countable, uncountable
  6. 11
    A bouquet of circles. countable, uncountable
  7. 12
    The rose flower, usually depicted with five petals, five barbs, and a circular seed. countable, uncountable
  8. 13
    A purplish-red or pink color, the color of some rose flowers. countable, uncountable
  9. 14
    A round nozzle for a sprinkling can or hose. countable, uncountable
  10. 15
    The usually circular base of a light socket in the ceiling, from which the fitting or chandelier is suspended. countable, uncountable
  11. 16
    Any of various large, red-bodied, papilionid butterflies of the genus Pachliopta. countable, uncountable
  12. 17
    Any of various flower-like polar graphs of sinusoids or their squares. countable, uncountable
  13. 18
    A graph with only one vertex. countable, uncountable
  14. 19
    A fairy chess piece that can make knight moves in a circular path. countable, uncountable

    "The rose moves like a knight, but can continue making knight moves so long as there’s a 45-degree rotation between each jump. […] I can’t help but wonder if a full team of roses could even play against each other."

  15. 20
    A type of sex toy shaped like a rose. countable, uncountable

    "Me after ignoring all bad reviews on a rose from Shein and it literally starts electrocuting my clih."

Verb
  1. 1
    To make rose-colored; to redden or flush. poetic, transitive

    "A maid yet rosed over with the virgin crimson of modesty."

  2. 2
    simple past of rise form-of, past
  3. 3
    To perfume, as with roses. poetic, transitive

    "the very nape of her white neck Was rosed with indignation"

  4. 4
    past participle of rise colloquial, form-of, nonstandard, participle, past

    "Chidley-Mount, Som. on the other ſide of the Parret, oppoſite to Bridgewater, which is ſuppoſed to have roſe from its ruins."

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Middle English rose, roose, from Old English rōse, but with its vowel influenced by Old French rose, both from Latin rosa. cognates and more remote and uncertain etymology The Latin is of uncertain origin, but likely via Oscan from Ancient Greek ῥόδον (rhódon, “rose”) (Aeolic ϝρόδον (wródon)), from Old Persian *vr̥dah (“flower”) (compare Avestan 𐬬𐬀𐬭𐬆𐬜𐬀- (var^əδa-), Sogdian [script needed] (ward), Parthian wâr, late Middle Persian [Term?] (gwl /⁠gul⁠/), Persian گل (gol, “rose, flower”), and Middle Iranian borrowings including Old Armenian վարդ (vard, “rose”), Aramaic וַרְדָּא (wardā) / ܘܪܕܐ (wardā), Arabic وَرْدَة (warda), Hebrew וֶרֶד (wéreḏ)), from Proto-Indo-European *wr̥dʰos (“sweetbriar”) (compare Old English word (“thornbush”), Latin rubus (“bramble”), Albanian hurdhe (“ivy”)). Possibly ultimately a derivation from a verb for "to grow" only attested in Indo-Iranian (*Hwardʰ-, compare Sanskrit वर्धति (vardhati), with relatives in Avestan).

Etymology 2

From Middle English rose, roose, from Old English rōse, but with its vowel influenced by Old French rose, both from Latin rosa. cognates and more remote and uncertain etymology The Latin is of uncertain origin, but likely via Oscan from Ancient Greek ῥόδον (rhódon, “rose”) (Aeolic ϝρόδον (wródon)), from Old Persian *vr̥dah (“flower”) (compare Avestan 𐬬𐬀𐬭𐬆𐬜𐬀- (var^əδa-), Sogdian [script needed] (ward), Parthian wâr, late Middle Persian [Term?] (gwl /⁠gul⁠/), Persian گل (gol, “rose, flower”), and Middle Iranian borrowings including Old Armenian վարդ (vard, “rose”), Aramaic וַרְדָּא (wardā) / ܘܪܕܐ (wardā), Arabic وَرْدَة (warda), Hebrew וֶרֶד (wéreḏ)), from Proto-Indo-European *wr̥dʰos (“sweetbriar”) (compare Old English word (“thornbush”), Latin rubus (“bramble”), Albanian hurdhe (“ivy”)). Possibly ultimately a derivation from a verb for "to grow" only attested in Indo-Iranian (*Hwardʰ-, compare Sanskrit वर्धति (vardhati), with relatives in Avestan).

Etymology 3

From Middle English rose, roose, from Old English rōse, but with its vowel influenced by Old French rose, both from Latin rosa. cognates and more remote and uncertain etymology The Latin is of uncertain origin, but likely via Oscan from Ancient Greek ῥόδον (rhódon, “rose”) (Aeolic ϝρόδον (wródon)), from Old Persian *vr̥dah (“flower”) (compare Avestan 𐬬𐬀𐬭𐬆𐬜𐬀- (var^əδa-), Sogdian [script needed] (ward), Parthian wâr, late Middle Persian [Term?] (gwl /⁠gul⁠/), Persian گل (gol, “rose, flower”), and Middle Iranian borrowings including Old Armenian վարդ (vard, “rose”), Aramaic וַרְדָּא (wardā) / ܘܪܕܐ (wardā), Arabic وَرْدَة (warda), Hebrew וֶרֶד (wéreḏ)), from Proto-Indo-European *wr̥dʰos (“sweetbriar”) (compare Old English word (“thornbush”), Latin rubus (“bramble”), Albanian hurdhe (“ivy”)). Possibly ultimately a derivation from a verb for "to grow" only attested in Indo-Iranian (*Hwardʰ-, compare Sanskrit वर्धति (vardhati), with relatives in Avestan).

Etymology 4

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Etymology 5

From French rosé (“pinkish”).

Etymology 6

* As an English, Scottish, French, Walloon, Danish, Jewish (Yiddish רויז (royz)), and German surname, all from the noun rose. Also adapted from foreign forms of the same meaning such as Hungarian Rózsa, Rozsa, Slovak Róža, Czech Roza, etc. Compare Larose. The surname may be matronymic, but more probably topographic from residence by rose bushes or the sign of a rose, or a nickname from rosy complexion. * Also as an English surname, from a Norman name of Germanic origins, likely made up of Proto-Germanic *hrod (“fame”) and *heid (“kind, sort, type”), ultimately evolved from *hrōþiz. Introduced to England in the form Roese or Rohese. * As an English and Scottish surname, variant of Ross. * As a Slovene surname, Americanized or Italianized from Rože, from a short form of Erazem (from Latin Erasmus), compare Rozman.

Etymology 7

* As an English, Scottish, French, Walloon, Danish, Jewish (Yiddish רויז (royz)), and German surname, all from the noun rose. Also adapted from foreign forms of the same meaning such as Hungarian Rózsa, Rozsa, Slovak Róža, Czech Roza, etc. Compare Larose. The surname may be matronymic, but more probably topographic from residence by rose bushes or the sign of a rose, or a nickname from rosy complexion. * Also as an English surname, from a Norman name of Germanic origins, likely made up of Proto-Germanic *hrod (“fame”) and *heid (“kind, sort, type”), ultimately evolved from *hrōþiz. Introduced to England in the form Roese or Rohese. * As an English and Scottish surname, variant of Ross. * As a Slovene surname, Americanized or Italianized from Rože, from a short form of Erazem (from Latin Erasmus), compare Rozman.

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