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[1] any of the wild or cultivated, usually prickly-stemmed, pinnate-leaved, showy-flowered shrubs of the genus Rosa. Compare rose family.
[2] any of various related or similar plants.
[3] the flower of any such shrub, of a red, pink, white, or yellow color.
[4] the traditional reddish color of this flower, variously a purplish red, pinkish red, or light crimson.
[5] an ornament shaped like or suggesting this flower.
[6] a pink or pinkish-red color in the cheek.
[7] rose window.
[8] 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.
[9] 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.
[13] 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 ).
[14] of the color rose.
[15] for, containing, or growing roses: a rose garden.
[16] scented like a rose.
[17] to make rose-colored.
[18] to flush (the face, cheeks, etc.).
[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.
[20] simple past tense of rise.
[21] Nonstandard . a past participle of rise.
[22] a pink table wine in which the pale color is produced by removing the grape skins from the must before fermentation is completed.
[23] Billy, 1899–1966, U.S. theatrical producer.
[24] Peter Edward Pete Charlie Hustle , born 1941, U.S. baseball player.
[25] Mount, a mountain in W Nevada, the highest in the Carson Range. 10,778 feet (3285 meters).
[26] a female given name.
[27] 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.
[28] to get up from bed, especially to begin the day after a night's sleep: to rise early.
[29] to become erect and stiff, as the hair in fright.
[30] to get up after falling or being thrown down.
[31] to become active in opposition or resistance; revolt or rebel.
[32] to be built up, erected, or constructed.
[33] to spring up or grow, as plants: Weeds rose overnight.
[34] to become prominent on or project from a surface, as a blister.
[35] to come into existence; appear.
[36] to come into action, as a wind or storm.
[37] to occur: A quarrel rose between them.
[38] to originate, issue, or be derived; to have a source.
[39] to move from a lower to a higher position; move upward; ascend: The bird rose in the air.
[40] to ascend above the horizon, as a heavenly body.
[41] to extend directly upward; project vertically: The tower rises to a height of 60 feet. The building rises above the city's other skyscrapers.
[42] to have an upward slant or curve: The path rises as it approaches the woods.
[43] to attain higher rank, status, or importance or a higher economic level: to rise in the world.
[44] to advance to a higher level of action, thought, feeling, etc.: to rise above the commonplace.
[45] Angling . (of fish) to come up toward the surface of the water in pursuit of food or bait.
[46] to prove oneself equal to a demand, emergency, etc. (followed by to ): to rise to the occasion; to rise to one's responsibilities.
[47] to become animated, cheerful, or heartened, as the spirits.
[48] to become roused or stirred: to feel one's temper rising.
[49] to increase in height, as the level of water: The river rose thirty feet in eight hours.
[50] to swell or puff up, as dough from the action of yeast.
[51] to increase in amount, as prices.
[52] to increase in price or value, as commodities.
[53] to increase in degree, intensity, or force, as fever, color, etc.
[54] to become louder or of higher pitch, as the voice.
[55] to adjourn or close a session, as a deliberative body or court.
[56] to return from the dead: Christ rose from the dead and on the third day ascended into heaven.
[57] Nonstandard . to cause to rise.
[58] Nautical . to cause (something) to rise above the visible horizon by approaching nearer to it; raise.
[59] an act or instance of rising.
[60] appearance above the horizon, as of the sun or moon.
[61] elevation or increase in rank, fortune, influence, power, etc.: the rise and fall of ancient Rome.
[62] an increase in height, as of the level of water.
[63] the amount of such increase.
[64] an increase in amount, as of prices.
[65] an increase in price or value, as of commodities.
[66] Chiefly British . raise(defs 33–35) .
[67] an increase in degree or intensity, as of temperature.
[68] an increase in loudness or in pitch, as of the voice.
[69] 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.
[70] the vertical distance through which the floor of an elevator or the like passes.
[71] origin, source, or beginning: the rise of a stream in a mountain.
[72] a coming into existence or notice: the rise of a new talent.
[73] extension upward.
[74] the amount of such extension.
[75] upward slope, as of ground or a road.
[76] a piece of rising or high ground: a house built upon a gentle rise.
[77] the distance between the crotch and the waist of a pair of trousers: Pants with a high rise are now in style.
[78] Angling . the coming up of a fish toward the surface in pursuit of food or bait.
[79] rise above , to ignore or be indifferent to, as an insult.
[80] any shrub or climbing plant of the rosaceous genus Rosa , typically having prickly stems, compound leaves, and fragrant flowers (in combination ) rosebush ; rosetree
[81] the flower of any of these plants
[82] any of various similar plants, such as the rockrose and Christmas rose
[83] a moderate purplish-red colour; purplish pink (as adjective ) rose paint
[84] a rose, or a representation of one, as the national emblem of England
[85] jewellery a cut for a diamond or other gemstone, having a hemispherical faceted crown and a flat base a gem so cut
[86] 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
[87] a design or decoration shaped like a rose; rosette
[88] Also called: ceiling rose electrical engineering a circular boss attached to a ceiling through which the flexible lead of an electric-light fitting passes
[89] history See red rose, white rose
[90] bed of roses a situation of comfort or ease
[91] under the rose in secret; privately; sub rosa
[92] (tr) to make rose-coloured; cause to blush or redden
[93] the past tense of rise
[94] any pink wine, made either by removing the skins of red grapes after only a little colour has been extracted or by mixing red and white wines
[95] to get up from a lying, sitting, kneeling, or prone position
[96] to get out of bed, esp to begin one's day he always rises early
[97] to move from a lower to a higher position or place; ascend
[98] to ascend or appear above the horizon the sun is rising
[99] to increase in height or level the water rose above the normal level
[100] to attain higher rank, status, or reputation he will rise in the world
[101] to be built or erected those blocks of flats are rising fast
[102] to become apparent; appear new troubles rose to afflict her
[103] to increase in strength, degree, intensity, etc her spirits rose ; the wind is rising
[104] to increase in amount or value house prices are always rising
[105] to swell up dough rises
[106] to become erect, stiff, or rigid the hairs on his neck rose in fear
[107] (of one's stomach or gorge) to manifest or feel nausea; retch
[108] to become actively rebellious; revolt the people rose against their oppressors
[109] to slope upwards the ground rises beyond the lake
[110] to return from the dead; be resurrected
[111] to originate; come into existence that river rises in the mountains
[112] (of a session of a court, legislative assembly, etc) to come to an end; adjourn
[113] angling (of fish) to come to the surface of the water, as when taking flies
[114] (tr) nautical another term for raise (def. 20)
[115] (often foll by to) informal to respond (to teasing, etc) or fall into a trap prepared for one
[116] the act or an instance of rising; ascent
[117] an increase in height; elevation
[118] an increase in rank, status, or position
[119] an increase in amount, cost, or value
[120] an increase in degree or intensity
[121] British an increase in salary or wages US and Canadian word: raise
[122] a piece of rising ground
[123] an upward slope or incline
[124] the appearance of the sun, moon, or other celestial body above the horizon
[125] the vertical height of a step or of a flight of stairs
[126] the vertical height of a roof above the walls or columns
[127] the height of an arch above the impost level
[128] angling the act or instance of fish coming to the surface of the water to take flies, etc
[129] the beginning, origin, or source; derivation
[130] slang an erection of the penis
[131] get a rise out of or take a rise out of to provoke an angry or petulant reaction from
[132] give rise to to cause the development of; produce

Words related to Rose

red, pink, blush, rouge, flush, rosette

Words nearby Rose

roscian, roscius, roscoe, roscoelite, roscommon, rose, rose acacia, rose aphid, rose apple, rose beetle, rose bengal

Origin of Rose

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

Words that may be confused with Rose

WORDS, THAT, MAY, BE, CONFUSED, WITH, riseraise, rise, (see, usage, note, at, raise)

Other words from Rose

rose·less , adjective
rose·like , adjective
half-rise , noun
re·rise , verb, re·rose, re·ris·en, re·ris·ing.
un·ris·en , adjective

Word origin for Rose

iseOld English rīsan ; related to Old Saxon rīsan , Gothic reisan

Synonyms for Rose

red, blush, flush, pink, rosette, rouge