ROSE

rose, roseate, rosaceous

(adjective) of something having a dusty purplish pink color; “the roseate glow of dawn”

rose, rosiness

(noun) a dusty pink color

rose, rosebush

(noun) any of many shrubs of the genus Rosa that bear roses

RISE

resurrect, rise, uprise

(verb) return from the dead; “Christ is risen!”; “The dead are to uprise”

rise, go up, climb

(verb) increase in value or to a higher point; “prices climbed steeply”; “the value of our house rose sharply last year”

rise, jump, climb up

(verb) rise in rank or status; “Her new novel jumped high on the bestseller list”

heighten, rise

(verb) become more extreme; “The tension heightened”

wax, mount, climb, rise

(verb) go up or advance; “Sales were climbing after prices were lowered”

rise

(verb) exert oneself to meet a challenge; “rise to a challenge”; “rise to the occasion”

rise

(verb) become heartened or elated; “Her spirits rose when she heard the good news”

rise, lift, arise, move up, go up, come up, uprise

(verb) move upward; “The fog lifted”; “The smoke arose from the forest fire”; “The mist uprose from the meadows”

ascend, move up, rise

(verb) move to a better position in life or to a better job; “She ascended from a life of poverty to one of great renown”

rise, come up, uprise, ascend

(verb) come up, of celestial bodies; “The sun also rises”; “The sun uprising sees the dusk night fled...”; “Jupiter ascends”

rise, prove

(verb) increase in volume; “the dough rose slowly in the warm room”

arise, rise, uprise, get up, stand up

(verb) rise to one’s feet; “The audience got up and applauded”

surface, come up, rise up, rise

(verb) come to the surface

rebel, arise, rise, rise up

(verb) take part in a rebellion; renounce a former allegiance

originate, arise, rise, develop, uprise, spring up, grow

(verb) come into existence; take on form or shape; “A new religious movement originated in that country”; “a love that sprang up from friendship”; “the idea for the book grew out of a short story”; “An interesting phenomenon uprose”

rise, lift, rear

(verb) rise up; “The building rose before them”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology 1

Noun

rose (plural roses)

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

A flower of the rose plant.

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

Something resembling a rose flower.

(heraldiccharge) The rose flower, usually depicted with five petals, five barbs, and a circular seed.

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

A round nozzle for a sprinkling can or hose.

The base of a light socket.

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

(mathematics) Any of various flower-like polar graphs of sinusoids or their squares.

(mathematics, graph theory) A graph with only one vertex.

Verb

rose (third-person singular simple present roses, present participle rosing, simple past and past participle rosed)

(poetic, transitive) To make rose-coloured; to redden or flush.

(poetic, transitive) To perfume, as with roses.

Adjective

rose (not comparable)

Having a purplish-red or pink colour. See rosy.

Etymology 2

Verb

rose

simple past tense of rise

(now, colloquial and nonstandard) past participle of rise

Etymology 3

Noun

rose (plural roses)

Alternative spelling of rosé

Anagrams

• 'orse, EROS, Eros, ROEs, Roes, eros, ores, orse, roes, sero-, sore, öres

Etymology

Proper noun

Rose

A female given name from Latin.

• : Act I, Scene II

A surname.

Noun

Rose (plural Roses)

(Ireland, informal) A regional contestant in the annual Rose of Tralee contest.

(Ireland, informal) The winner of that year's contest.

Usage notes

• The contestants are usually referred to by the place they are representing, such as London Rose or Galway Rose. The winner is normally later referred to by the year she won the contest, such as "the 2009 Rose".

• The word is sometimes written with a lower case "r".

• More formally, the full term, Rose of Tralee is used.

Anagrams

• 'orse, EROS, Eros, ROEs, Roes, eros, ores, orse, roes, sero-, sore, öres

Source: Wiktionary

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Rose,

Definition: imp. of Rise.

Rose, n. Etym: [AS. rose, L. rosa, probably akin to Gr. vard, OPer. vareda; and perhaps to E. wort: cf. F. rose, from the Latin. Cf. Copperas, Rhododendron.]

1. A flower and shrub of any species of the genus Rosa, of which there are many species, mostly found in the morthern hemispere

Note: Roses are shrubs with pinnate leaves and usually prickly stems. The flowers are large, and in the wild state have five petals of a color varying from deep pink to white, or sometimes yellow. By cultivation and hybridizing the number of petals is greatly increased and the natural perfume enhanced. In this way many distinct classes of roses have been formed, as the Banksia, Baurbon, Boursalt, China, Noisette, hybrid perpetual, etc., with multitudes of varieties in nearly every class.

2. A knot of ribbon formed like a rose; a rose knot; a rosette, esp. one worn on a shoe. Sha.

3. (Arch.)

Definition: A rose window. See Rose window, below.

4. A perforated nozzle, as of a pipe, spout, etc., for delivering water in fine jets; a rosehead; also, a strainer at the foot of a pump.

5. (Med.)

Definition: The erysipelas. Dunglison.

6. The card of the mariner's compass; also, a circular card with radiating lines, used in other instruments.

7. The color of a rose; rose-red; pink.

8. A diamond. See Rose diamond, below. Cabbage rose, China rose, etc. See under Cabbage, China, etc.

– Corn rose (Bot.) See Corn poppy, under Corn.

– Infantile rose (Med.), a variety of roseola.

– Jamaica rose. (Bot.) See under Jamaica.

– Rose acacia (Bot.), a low American leguminous shrub (Robinia hispida) with handsome clusters of rose-colored blossoms.

– Rose aniline. (Chem.) Same as Rosaniline.

– Rose apple (Bot.), the fruit of the tropical myrtaceous tree Eugenia Jambos. It is an edible berry an inch or more in diameter, and is said to have a very strong roselike perfume.

– Rose beetle. (Zoöl.) (a) A small yellowish or buff longlegged beetle (Macrodactylus subspinosus), which eats the leaves of various plants, and is often very injurious to rosebushes, apple trees, grapevines, etc. Called also rose bug, and rose chafer. (b) The European chafer.

– Rose bug. (Zoöl.) same as Rose beetle, Rose chafer.

– Rose burner, a kind of gas-burner producing a rose-shaped flame.

– Rose camphor (Chem.), a solid odorless substance which separates from rose oil.

– Rose campion. (Bot.) See under Campion.

– Rose catarrh (Med.), rose cold.

– Rose chafer. (Zoöl.) (a) A common European beetle (Cetonia aurata) which is often very injurious to rosebushes; -- called also rose beetle, and rose fly. (b) The rose beetle (a).

– Rose cold (Med.), a variety of hay fever, sometimes attributed to the inhalation of the effluvia of roses. See Hay fever, under Hay.

– Rose color, the color of a rose; pink; hence, a beautiful hue or appearance; fancied beauty, attractiveness, or promise.

– Rose de Pompadour, Rose du Barry, names succesively given to a delicate rose color used on Sèvres porcelain.

– Rose diamond, a diamond, one side of which is flat, and the other cut into twenty-four triangular facets in two ranges which form a convex face pointed at the top. Cf. Brilliant, n.

– Rose ear. See under Ear.

– Rose elder (Bot.), the Guelder-rose.

– Rose engine, a machine, or an appendage to a turning lathe, by which a surface or wood, metal, etc., is engraved with a variety of curved lines. Craig.

– Rose family (Bot.) the Roseceæ. See Rosaceous.

– Rose fever (Med.), rose cold.

– Rose fly (Zoöl.), a rose betle, or rose chafer.

– Rose gall (Zoöl.), any gall found on rosebushes. See Bedeguar.

– Rose knot, a ribbon, or other pliade band plaited so as to resemble a rose; a rosette.

– Rose lake, Rose madder, a rich tint prepared from lac and madder precipitated on an earthy basis. Fairholt.

– Rose mallow. (Bot.) (a) A name of several malvaceous plants of the genus Hibiscus, with large rose-colored flowers. (b) the hollyhock.

– Rose nail, a nail with a convex, faceted head.

– Rose noble, an ancient English gold coin, stamped with the figure of a rose, first struck in the reign of Edward III., and current at 6s. 8d. Sir W. Scott.

– Rose of China. (Bot.) See China rose (b), under China.

– Rose of Jericho (Bot.), a Syrian cruciferous plant (Anastatica Hierochuntica) which rolls up when dry, and expands again when moistened; -- called also resurrection plant.

– Rose of Sharon (Bot.), an ornamental malvaceous shrub (Hibiscus Syriacus). In the Bible the name is used for some flower not yet identified, perhaps a Narcissus, or possibly the great lotus flower.

– Rose oil (Chem.), the yellow essential oil extracted from various species of rose blossoms, and forming the chief part of attar of roses.

– Rose pink, a pigment of a rose color, made by dyeing chalk or whiting with a decoction of Brazil wood and alum; also, the color of the pigment.

– Rose quartz (Min.), a variety of quartz which is rose-red.

– Rose rash. (Med.) Same as Roseola.

– Rose slug (Zoöl.), the small green larva of a black sawfly (Selandria rosæ). These larvæ feed in groups on the parenchyma of the leaves of rosebushes, and are often abundant and very destructive.

– Rose window (Arch.), a circular window filled with ornamental tracery. Called also Catherine wheel, and marigold window. Cf. wheel window, under Wheel.

– Summer rose (Med.), a variety of roseola. See Roseola.

– Under the rose Etym: [a translation of L. sub rosa], in secret; privately; in a manner that forbids disclosure; -- the rose being among the ancients the symbol of secrecy, and hung up at entertainments as a token that nothing there said was to be divulged.

– Wars of the Roses (Eng. Hist.), feuds between the Houses of York and Lancaster, the white rose being the badge of the House of York, and the red rose of the House of Lancaster.

Rose, v. t.

1. To render rose-colored; to redden; to flush. [Poetic] "A maid yet rosed over with the virgin crimson of modesty." Shak.

2. To perfume, as with roses. [Poetic] Tennyson.

RISE

Rise, v. i. [imp. Rose; p. p. Risen; p. pr. & vb. n. Rising.] Etym: [AS. risan; akin to OS. risan, D. rijzen, OHG. risan to rise, fall, Icel. risa, Goth. urreisan, G. reise journey. CF. Arise, Raise, Rear, v.]

1. To move from a lower position to a higher; to ascend; to mount up. Specifically: -- (a) To go upward by walking, climbing, flying, or any other voluntary motion; as, a bird rises in the air; a fish rises to the bait. (b) To ascend or float in a fluid, as gases or vapors in air, cork in water, and the like. (c) To move upward under the influence of a projecting force; as, a bullet rises in the air. (d) To grow upward; to attain a certain heght; as, this elm rises to the height of seventy feet. (e) To reach a higher level by increase of quantity or bulk; to swell; as, a river rises in its bed; the mercury rises in the thermometer. (f) To become erect; to assume an upright position; as, to rise from a chair or from a fall. (g) To leave one's bed; to arise; as, to rise early. He that would thrive, must rise by five. Old Proverb.

(h) To tower up; to be heaved up; as, the Alps rise far above the sea. (i) To slope upward; as, a path, a line, or surface rises in this direction. "A rising ground." Dryden. (j) To retire; to give up a siege. He, rising with small honor from Gunza, . . . was gone. Knolles.

(k) To swell or puff up in the process of fermentation; to become light, as dough, and the like.

2. To have the aspect or the effect of rising. Specifically: -- (a) To appear above the horizont, as the sun, moon, stars, and the like. "He maketh his sun to rise on the evil and the good." Matt. v. 45. (b) To become apparent; to emerge into sight; to come forth; to appear; as, an eruption rises on the skin; the land rises to view to one sailing toward the shore. (c) To become perceptible to other senses than sight; as, a noise rose on the air; odor rises from the flower. (d) To have a beginning; to proceed; to originate; as, rivers rise in lakes or springs. A scepter shall rise out of Israel. Num. xxiv. 17. Honor and shame from no condition rise. Pope.

3. To increase in size, force, or value; to proceed toward a climax. Specifically: -- (a) To increase in power or fury; -- said of wind or a storm, and hence, of passion. "High winde . . . began to rise, high passions -- anger, hate." Milton. (b) To become of higher value; to increase in price. Bullion is risen to six shillings . . . the ounce. Locke.

(c) To become larger; to swell; -- said of a boil, tumor, and the like. (d) To increase in intensity; -- said of heat. (e) To become louder, or higher in pitch, as the voice. (f) To increase in amount; to enlarge; as, his expenses rose beyond his expectations.

4. In various figurative senses. Specifically: -- (a) To become excited, opposed, or hostile; to go to war; to take up arms; to rebel. At our heels all hell should rise With blackest insurrection. Milton. No more shall nation against nation rise. Pope.

(b) To attain to a better social position; to be promoted; to excel; to succeed. Some rise by sin, and some by virtue fall. Shak.

(c) To become more and more dignified or forcible; to increase in interest or power; -- said of style, thought, or discourse; as, to rise in force of expression; to rise in eloquence; a story rises in interest. (d) To come to mind; to be suggested; to occur. A thought rose in me, which often perplexes men of contemplative natures. Spectator.

(e) To come; to offer itself. There chanced to the prince's hand to rise An ancient book. Spenser.

5. To ascend from the grave; to come to life. But now is Christ risen from the dead. 1. Cor. xv. 20.

6. To terminate an official sitting; to adjourn; as, the committee rose after agreeing to the report. It was near nine . . . before the House rose. Macaulay.

7. To ascend on a musical scale; to take a higher pith; as, to rise a tone or semitone.

8. (Print.)

Definition: To be lifted, or to admit of being lifted, from the imposing stone without dropping any of the type; -- said of a form.

Syn.

– To arise; mount; ascend; climb; scale.

– Rise, Appreciate. Some in America use the word appreciate for "rise in value;" as, stocks appreciate, money appreciates, etc. This use is not unknown in England, but it is less common there. It is undesirable, because rise sufficiently expresses the idea, and appreciate has its own distinctive meaning, which ought not to be confused with one so entirely different.

Rise, n.

1. The act of rising, or the state of being risen.

2. The distance through which anything rises; as, the rise of the thermometer was ten degrees; the rise of the river was six feet; the rise of an arch or of a step.

3. Land which is somewhat higher than the rest; as, the house stood on a rise of land. [Colloq.]

4. Spring; source; origin; as, the rise of a stream. All wickednes taketh its rise from the heart. R. Nelson.

5. Appearance above the horizon; as, the rise of the sun or of a planet. Shak.

6. Increase; advance; augmentation, as of price, value, rank, property, fame, and the like. The rise or fall that may happen in his constant revenue by a Spanish war. Sir W. Temple.

7. Increase of sound; a swelling of the voice. The ordinary rises and falls of the voice. Bacon.

8. Elevation or ascent of the voice; upward change of key; as, a rise of a tone or semitone.

9. The spring of a fish to seize food (as a fly) near the surface of the water.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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