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rose¹ /roʊz/   n. 

1. Plant Biology [countable] a shrub usually with prickly stems and showy flowers.
2. Plant Biology the flower of any such shrub:
   [countable] sent her a dozen roses.
3. [uncountable] a pinkish red or purplish pink color typical of roses.

adj. 

4. of the color rose.
5. Plant Biology [before a noun] for, containing, or growing roses.
6. [before a noun] smelling like a rose or artificially made to smell like a rose.

rose² /roʊz/   v. 

1. pt. of rise.

ro•sé /roʊˈzeɪ/   n. 

1. Wine a pink wine made from red grapes by removing the grape skins before fermentation is completed:
   [uncountable] enjoys rosé.
   [countable] several California rosés.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026

rose¹  (rōz), n., adj., v., rosed, ros•ing. 
n. 

1. Plant Biology any of the wild or cultivated, usually prickly-stemmed, pinnate-leaved, showy-flowered shrubs of the genus Rosa. Cf. rose family. 
2. Plant Biology any of various related or similar plants.
3. Plant Biology 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. See rose window. 
8. Heraldry a representation of a wild rose with five petals, usually seeded and barbed in a symmetrical design and used esp. as the cadency mark of a seventh son.
9. Geography 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. Building 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 sinnθ or r = a cosnθ.
14. 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.

adj. 

15. of the color rose.
16. Plant Biology for, containing, or growing roses:
    a rose garden.
17. scented like a rose.

v.t. 

18. to make rose-colored.
19. to flush (the face, cheeks, etc.).

• Latin rosa; akin to Greek rhódon (see rhododendron)
• bef. 900; Middle English; Old English rōse

rose′less, adj. 
rose′like′, adj. 

rose²  (rōz), v. 

1. pt. of rise. 
2. Slang Terms [Nonstandard.] a pp. of rise. 

Rose  (rōz), n. 

1. Biographical Billy, 1899–1966, U.S. theatrical producer.
2. a female given name.

ro•sé  (rō zā′), n. 

1. Wine a pink table wine in which the pale color is produced by removing the grape skins from the must before fermentation is completed.

• French: literally, pink
• 1425–75