A rose is a flower, often with a pleasant smell, which grows on a bush with stems that have sharp points called thorns on them.
She bent to pick a red rose.
...a bunch of yellow roses.
3. countable noun
A rose is bush that roses grow on.
Prune rambling roses when the flowers have faded.
...fragrant rose bushes.
4. colour
Something that is rose is reddish-pink in colour.
[literary]
...the rose and violet hues of a twilight sky.
5. countable noun
A rose is a device with very small holes in it that fits onto the end of a hosepipe or wateringcan. The water comes out of the rose in a fine spray so that you can water plants.
6.
See bed of roses
7.
See come up roses
rosé
(roʊzeɪ, US roʊzeɪ)
Word forms: plural rosés
variable noun
Rosé is wine which is pink in colour.
The vast majority of wines produced in this area are reds or rosés.
rose in British English1
(rəʊz)
noun
1.
a.
any shrub or climbing plant of the rosaceous genus Rosa, typically having prickly stems, compound leaves, and fragrant flowers
b.
(in combination)
rosebush
rosetree
2.
the flower of any of these plants
3.
any of various similar plants, such as the rockrose and Christmas rose
4.
a.
a moderate purplish-red colour; purplish pink
b.
(as adjective)
rose paint
5.
a rose, or a representation of one, as the national emblem of England
6. jewellery
a.
a cut for a diamond or other gemstone, having a hemispherical faceted crown and a flat base
b.
a gem so cut
7.
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
8.
a design or decoration shaped like a rose; rosette
9. Also called: ceiling rose electrical engineering
a circular boss attached to a ceiling through which the flexible lead of an electric-light fitting passes
10. history red rose, white rose
11. bed of roses
12. under the rose
verb
13. (transitive)
to make rose-coloured; cause to blush or redden
Derived forms
roselike (ˈroseˌlike)
adjective
Word origin
Old English, from Latin rosa, probably from Greek rhodon rose
rose in British English2
(rəʊz)
verb
the past tense of rise
rosé in British English
(ˈrəʊzeɪ)
noun
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
Word origin
C19: from French, literally: pink, from Latin rosarose1
Rose in American English
(roʊz)
noun
a feminine name: dim. Rosie; var. Rosita; equiv. It. & Sp. Rosa
Word origin
see rose1
rose in American English1
(roʊz)
noun
1.
any of a genus (Rosa) of shrubs of the rose family, characterized by prickly stems, pinnate leaves, and fragrant flowers with five petals that are usually white, yellow, or, often specif., red or pink
2.
the flower of any of these plants
3.
any of several similar or related plants
4.
pinkish red or purplish red
5.
rosette
6.
a round, perforated nozzle for a hose, sprinkling can, etc.
7.
a.
a form in which gems, esp. diamonds, are cut, with a flat, round base and a multifaceted upper surface
b.
a gem cut in this way
8.
a compass card or a representative of this, as on maps
adjective
9.
of or having to do with a rose or roses
10.
rose-colored
11.
rose-scented
12.
designating a large and widely distributed family (Rosaceae, order Rosales) of wild and cultivated dicotyledonous shrubs and trees, including cinquefoils, meadowsweets,hawthorns, strawberries, apples, peaches, and almonds
verb transitiveWord forms: rosed or ˈrosing
13.
to make rose-colored; specif., to flush (the cheeks, etc.)
Idioms:
come up roses
under the rose
Derived forms
roselike (ˈroseˌlike)
adjective
Word origin
ME < OE < L rosa < Gr rhodon: see Rhoda
rose in American English2
(roʊz)
verb intransitive, verb transitive
pt. of
rise
rosé in American English
(roʊˈzeɪ)
noun
a pink wine made from certain red-wine grapes, with the skins left in the juice during early fermentation just long enough to tinge it with color
Word origin
Fr, lit., pink
Examples of 'rose' in a sentence
rose
This fragrant rose is charming and distinct.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
The ballroom retains original panelling and ceiling roses.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
Why are my rose flowers turning brown and rotting before they open?
The Sun (2016)
You can move old roses now too.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
They remind me of luscious rose petals.
The Sun (2012)
No rose will make a rotten hotel smell sweeter.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
Cut the rose stems short and tuck them between the leaves at regular intervals.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
Modern roses come into their own indoors.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
My first memory of her was in this huge hat with yellow roses all around the brim.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
This is the weekend to go out looking at the wild or dog roses.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
We could yet emerge from all this smelling of roses.
The Sun (2010)
It is such a great plant for growing with roses.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
This year there are no actual flowers on the roses on account of austerity.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
This is the month for planting new roses and moving old ones.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
They made their own confetti with rose petals from their garden.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
It is good to find the right partners for roses to get colour pretty much all year round.
The Sun (2016)
Roses make delicious scented guests on any wall and are well worth the effort of pruning and feeding.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
But it's not all roses and violets.
The Sun (2010)
English roses rejoice: this year practically pale is very interesting.
The Sun (2011)
One couple picked up six roses, one for each miscarriage.
Christianity Today (2000)
Our front gardens have neat, striped lawns and beds of fragrant roses.
The Sun (2008)
I loved the ceiling roses and the wooden floorboards, but not that much.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
We did a life-size elephant recently made out of 8,000 white roses.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
Some red and rosé wines are also produced.
Millon, Kim & Millon, Marc The Wine Roads of France (1989)
Usually white and rosé wines are served chilled and red wines at room temperature.
Lockspeiser, Jerry & Gear, Jackie Thorsons Organic Wine Guide (1991)
Serve with a glass of chilled rosé, if you like.
The Sun (2015)
If you really want to set pulses racing, the bottle to buy is rosé champagne.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
Alongside finger sandwiches and scones, there will be floral pastries served with rosé champagne.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
The French now drink more rosé than white wine.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
And rosé The wine shade du jour.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
Perhaps you need a glass of rosé from the wine cellar opposite that holds up to 1,600 bottles.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
I settled on a magnum of rosé champagne.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
The switch from mainly drinking white wine and rosé to dry red wine was the adult drinker's milestone.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
Seeing the rise in popularity, it takes relatively little effort to knock out a rosé alongside the whites and reds.
The Sun (2008)
Large glass of rosé wine.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
Really big chunky red wines are made here (as well as rosé and white ).
Lockspeiser, Jerry & Gear, Jackie Thorsons Organic Wine Guide (1991)
The Provençal people are toasting their good fortune with crisp, chilled glasses of their local pale pink rosé.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
With the unusual flavours and spices in the chicken and lamb, a Spanish red or rosé is the bottle to broach.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
They have to taste each in turn, without being able to see it and judge whether it is red, white or rosé.
Lockspeiser, Jerry & Gear, Jackie Thorsons Organic Wine Guide (1991)
I READ last week that sales of rosé wine are on the up.
The Sun (2013)
Word lists with
rose
flower, shrub, Wine terms
In other languages
rose
British English: rose /rəʊz/ NOUN
A rose is a flower which has a pleasant smell and grows on a bush with thorns.
any of several red-flowered weeds of cornfields , such as the corn poppy
dog rose
a prickly wild rose , Rosa canina, that is native to Europe and has pink or white delicate scentless flowers
Mary Rose
→ the Mary Rose
moss rose
a variety of rose, Rosa centifolia muscosa, that has a mossy stem and calyx and fragrant pink flowers
musk rose
a prickly shrubby Mediterranean rose , Rosa moschata, cultivated for its white musk-scented flowers
old rose
a greyish-pink colour
red rose
the emblem of the House of Lancaster
rose-cut
(of a gemstone ) cut with a hemispherical faceted crown and a flat base
rose moss
a low-growing portulacaceous plant, Portulaca grandiflora , native to Brazil but widely cultivated as a garden plant for its brightly coloured flowers
rose oil
attar of roses
rose pink
of a light pinkish red colour
rose-red
of a pure purplish-red colour
rose-root
a Eurasian crassulaceous mountain plant, Sedum rosea , with fleshy pink-tipped leaves, a thick fleshy pinkish underground stem, and a cluster of yellow flowers
rosé wine
Rosé wine is wine that is pink in color .
tea rose
any of several varieties of hybrid rose that are derived from Rosa odorata and have pink or yellow flowers with a scent resembling that of tea
vin rosé
→ rosé
wild rose
any of numerous roses , such as the dogrose and sweetbrier , that grow wild and have flowers with only one whorl of petals
wind rose
a diagram with radiating lines showing the frequency and strength of winds from each direction affecting a specific place
brier rose
any of various thorny shrubs or other plants, such as the sweetbrier and greenbrier
burnet rose
a very prickly Eurasian rose, Rosa pimpinellifolia , with white flowers and purplish-black fruits
button rose
a small rose whose flowers form a round head
China rose
a rosaceous shrub, Rosa chinensis (or R. indica ), with red, pink , or white fragrant flowers: the ancestor of many cultivated roses
damask rose
a rose , Rosa damascena, native to Asia and cultivated for its pink or red fragrant flowers, which are used to make the perfume attar
golden rose
a gold, bejeweled ornament in the form of a rose or spray of roses , blessed and presented by the pope in recognition of service to the Holy See
house rosé
a rosé wine sold unnamed by a restaurant , at a lower price than wines specified on the wine list
mallow rose
→ rose mallow
pompon rose
a rose , Rosa centifolia, with a round compact full-petalled head
rose acacia
a leguminous shrub, Robinia hispida , of the southern US, having prickly branches bearing clusters of red scentless flowers
rose apple
an ornamental myrtaceous tree, Syzygium jambos , of the East Indies , cultivated in the tropics for its edible fruit
rose chafer
a British scarabaeid beetle , Cetonia aurata , that has a greenish-golden body with a metallic lustre and feeds on plants
rose family
the plant family Rosaceae, characterized by trees, shrubs, and herbaceous plants having compound or simple leaves with stipules , flowers typically with five sepals and five petals , and fruit in a variety of forms, many of which are fleshy and edible, and including the almond , apple , apricot , blackberry , cherry , cinquefoil , hawthorn , peach , pear , plum , raspberry , rose, spirea, and strawberry
rose fever
a kind of hay fever believed to be caused by the pollen of roses
rose garden
a garden for growing roses
rose grower
a person who grows rose plants
rose mallow
any of several malvaceous marsh plants of the genus Hibiscus , such as H . moscheutos , of E North America , having pink or white flowers and downy leaves
rose quartz
a rose-pink often translucent variety of quartz that is used for ornaments
rose-tinted
excessively optimistic
rose topaz
a rose-pink form of topaz produced by heating yellow-brown topaz
rose-water
scented water used as a perfume and in cooking, made by the distillation of rose petals or by impregnation with oil of roses
rose window
A rose window is a large round stained glass window in a church .
rugosa rose
an upright , hardy species ( Rosa rugosa ) of rose having rough leaves with furrowed veins, often planted for hedges
Scotch rose
a very prickly Eurasian rose , Rosa pimpinellifolia , with white flowers and purplish-black fruits
white rose
a widely used emblem or badge of the House of York
winter rose
an evergreen ranunculaceous plant, Helleborus niger , of S Europe and W Asia , with white or pinkish winter-blooming flowers
cabbage rose
a rose , Rosa centifolia, with a round compact full-petalled head
ceiling rose
decorative plaster centrepiece
Cherokee rose
an evergreen climbing Chinese rose , Rosa laevigata, that now grows wild in the southern US, having large white fragrant flowers
climbing rose
any of various roses that ascend and cover a trellis , arbor , etc., chiefly by twining about the supports
compass rose
a circle or decorative device printed on a map or chart showing the points of the compass measured from true north and usually magnetic north