rose
/rouz/
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Definition
Noun:
- A type of flowering shrub or its flower: A woody perennial plant of the genus Rosa, often with prickly stems and fragrant, showy flowers, typically having five petals.
- A pinkish-red color: A color resembling that of the typical rose flower.
- A perforated nozzle: A flat, disk-shaped attachment with small holes, fitted to the end of a hose or watering can to produce a spray of water.
- A gemstone cut: A style of cutting a diamond or other gem with a flat base and a dome-shaped top covered with triangular facets.
Adjective:
- Of a pinkish-red color: Having the color of a rose.
Verb (archaic):
- To make rosy: To flush or redden (used poetically).
Usage and Examples
- Noun (Flower/Plant):
- She planted a beautiful rose in her garden.
- The scent of the rose filled the room.
- Noun (Color):
- The walls were painted a soft rose.
- Noun (Nozzle):
- Attach the rose to the hose for a gentle spray.
- Adjective:
- The sky at dawn was a rose hue.
- Verb (Archaic/Poetic):
- The dawn rosed the peaks of the distant mountains.
Advanced Usage and Idioms
- A bed of roses: A situation of ease, comfort, or luxury.
- Being a manager is not a bed of roses; it involves many difficult decisions.
- Under the rose : In secret, privately, or confidentially.
- The meeting was held under the rose to avoid public scrutiny.
- No rose without a thorn: A saying meaning that even a pleasant thing or situation has its difficulties or drawbacks.
- The new job pays well, but there's no rose without a thorn—the commute is very long.
- To come up roses: To turn out very well or successfully.
- After a difficult start, everything finally came up roses for their project.
Variants and Related Words
- Rosy (adjective): Having a pink or reddish color; also used figuratively to mean optimistic or hopeful (e.g., ).
- Roseate (adjective): Rose-colored; overly optimistic.
- Rosebud (noun): The bud of a rose.
- Rosebush (noun): The shrub that bears roses.
- Rose-colored (adjective): Tinged with rose; also used in the idiom "rose-colored glasses" to mean an unduly cheerful or optimistic view.
- Rosewater (noun): Water scented with rose petals.
Synonyms
- Flower, bloom (for the noun meaning a blossom).
- Pink, blush, coral (for the color).
- Spray head, sprinkler (for the nozzle).
Phrasal Verbs
(Note: "Rose" as a verb is archaic and not commonly used to form modern phrasal verbs. The common verb "rise" has the past tense "rose," but this is a different lexical item.)
Related Idioms
- To stop and smell the roses: To take time to enjoy life's pleasures.
- You work too hard; you need to stop and smell the roses.
- The English rose: A phrase used to describe a beautiful English woman with a fair, delicate complexion.
- A rose by any other name: A reference from Shakespeare's , suggesting that a thing's name does not change its essential nature.
Adjective
- of something having a dusty purplish pink color
- the roseate glow of dawn
Noun
- a dusty pink color
- pinkish table wine from red grapes whose skins were removed after fermentation began
- any of many shrubs of the genus Rosa that bear roses