rose — English Dictionary

Noun

1. A shrub of the genus Rosa, with red, pink, white or yellow flowers.

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2. A flower of the rose plant.

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   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...

   1794, Robert Burns, "A Red, Red Rose:" O my Luve's like a red, red rose That's newly sprung in june...

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   Rose is a rose is a rose is a rose.

3. A plant or species in the rose family. (Rosaceae)

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4. Something resembling a rose flower, such as a compass rose.

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5. A bouquet of circles.

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6. The rose flower, usually depicted with five petals, five barbs, and a circular seed.

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7. A nontraditional tincture in Canadian heraldry, corresponding to pink.

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8. A purplish-red or pink color, the color of some rose flowers.

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9. A round nozzle for a sprinkling can or hose.

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10. The usually circular base of a light socket in the ceiling, from which the fitting or chandelier is suspended.

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11. Any of various large, red-bodied, papilionid butterflies of the genus Pachliopta.

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12. Any of various flower-like polar graphs of sinusoids or their squares.

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13. A graph with only one vertex.

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14. A fairy chess piece that can make knight moves in a circular path.

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    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. A type of sex toy shaped like a rose.

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

Verb

1. To make rose-colored; to redden or flush.

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

2. To perfume, as with roses.

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   the very nape of her white neck Was rosed with indignation

Adjective

1. Having a purplish-red or pink color; rosy.

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   • not-comparable

Adjective

1. of something having a dusty purplish pink color

   Synonyms

   roseaterosaceous

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   the roseate glow of dawn

Noun

1. any of many shrubs of the genus Rosa that bear roses

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   rosebush

   Broader terms

   shrubbushflower

2. pinkish table wine from red grapes whose skins were removed after fermentation began

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   blush winepink winerose wine

   Broader terms

   winevino

3. a dusty pink color

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   rosiness

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   pink