rose
//ɹəʊz//
Forms
- Plural
- roses
- present (v1)
- rose
- past (v2)
- rosed
- past participle (v3)
- rosed
- present participle
- rosing
- 3rd person singular
- roses
Definitions
1.A shrub of the genus Rosa, with red, pink, white or yellow flowers.
- Do you see a rose?
2.A flower of the rose plant.
- Rose is a rose is a rose is a rose.
3.A plant or species in the rose family. (Rosaceae)
- Do you see a rose?
4.Something resembling a rose flower, such as a compass rose.
- Do you see a rose?
1.Having a purplish-red or pink color; rosy.
1.simple past of rise
2.To make rose-colored; to redden or flush.
- A maid yet rosed over with the virgin crimson of modesty.
3.To perfume, as with roses.
Frequency
Overall
Uncommon· #2795
By learning goal
- Everyday conversation
- Rare
- General reading & writing
- Uncommon
- Academic
- Rare
- Literature
- Rare
Etymology
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