ROSES
Noun
roses
plural of rose
Verb
roses
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of rose
Anagrams
• 'orses, sores
Proper noun
Roses
plural of Rose
Anagrams
• 'orses, sores
Source: Wiktionary
ROSE
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