rose

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For the verb: "to rise"

Simple Past: rose
Past Participle: risen
Multiple Entries:
  rose    rosé    rise  

Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
rose1
noun
  • 1 a prickly bush or shrub that typically bears red, pink, yellow, or white fragrant flowers, native to north temperate regions and widely grown as an ornamental. [Genus Rosa: many species and varieties.]

    ■ used in names of other plants with similar flowers, e.g. Christmas rose.

    ■ a stylized representation of a rose in heraldry or decoration.

  • 2 a perforated cap attached to a shower, the spout of a watering can, or the end of a hose to produce a spray.
  • 3 a warm pink or light crimson colour.

    ■ (roses) a rosy complexion.

  • 4 (roses) favourable circumstances or ease of success: everything was coming up roses.
verb literary make rosy.
– phrases
come up (or out) smelling of roses emerge from a difficult situation with reputation intact.
under the rose archaic in secret; sub rosa.
– derivatives
rose-like adjective.
– origin OE rōse, of Gmc origin, from L. rosa; reinforced in ME by OFr. rose.



Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
rose2
past of rise.

Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
rosé /ˈrəʊzeɪ/
noun deep pink wine coloured by only brief contact with red grape skins.
– origin Fr., lit. ‘pink’.

Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
rise/rʌɪz/
verb (past rose; past part. risen)
  • 1 come or go up.

    ■ reach a higher social or professional position.

    ■ (rise above) succeed in not being constrained by.

  • 2 get up from lying, sitting, or kneeling.

    chiefly Brit. (of a meeting or a session of a court) adjourn.

  • 3 (of land) incline upwards.

    ■ (of a structure or natural feature) be much taller than the surrounding landscape.

  • 4 (of the sun, moon, or stars) appear above the horizon.
  • 5 increase in number, size, intensity, or quality.
  • 6 (rise to) respond well to (a challenging situation).
  • 7 (often rise up) cease to be submissive or peaceful.
  • 8 (of a river) have its source: the Euphrates rises in Turkey.
  • 9 be restored to life.
noun
  • 1 an act of rising.
  • 2 an upward slope or hill.
  • 3 an increase in number, size, etc.

    Brit. an increase in salary or wages.

  • 4 the vertical height of a step, arch, or incline.

    ■ another term for riser (sense 2).

  • 5 the source of a river.

– phrases
get (or take) a rise out of informal provoke an angry or irritated response from.
on the rise
  • 1 increasing.
  • 2 becoming more successful.
rise and shine informal wake up and get out of bed promptly.
– origin OE rīsan ‘make an attack, get out of bed’, of Gmc origin.
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