rose
rose1 /rəʊz $ roʊz/ 
noun
1. FLOWER [countable] a flower that often has a pleasant smell, and is usually red, pink, white, or yellow, or the bush that this flower grows on:
a dozen red roses
A large bouquet of roses arrived on her desk.
rose bushes
2. COLOUR [uncountable] a pink colour
3. something is not a bed of roses (also something is not all roses British English) informal if a job or situation is not a bed of roses, it is not always pleasant and there are difficult things to deal with:
It’s no bed of roses teaching in a secondary school.
4. put the roses back in sb’s cheeks British English informal to make someone look healthy again
5. be coming up roses informal to be happening or developing in the best possible way
6. come out of something/come up smelling of roses informal to do well or get an advantage from a situation, when you could have been blamed, criticized, or harmed by it:
She managed to come out of the deal smelling of roses.
7. FOR WATER [countable] British English a circular piece of metal with holes in it that is attached to the end of a pipe or watering can so that liquid comes out in several thin streams
rose2
the past tense of rise
rose3 adjective
pink in colour:
rose velvet curtains
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noun Language: Old English
Origin: Latin rosa
Origin: Latin rosa
1. FLOWER [countable] a flower that often has a pleasant smell, and is usually red, pink, white, or yellow, or the bush that this flower grows on:
2. COLOUR [uncountable] a pink colour
3. something is not a bed of roses (also something is not all roses British English) informal if a job or situation is not a bed of roses, it is not always pleasant and there are difficult things to deal with:
4. put the roses back in sb’s cheeks British English informal to make someone look healthy again
5. be coming up roses informal to be happening or developing in the best possible way
6. come out of something/come up smelling of roses informal to do well or get an advantage from a situation, when you could have been blamed, criticized, or harmed by it:
7. FOR WATER [countable] British English a circular piece of metal with holes in it that is attached to the end of a pipe or watering can so that liquid comes out in several thin streams
| II |
the past tense of rise
| III |
adjectivepink in colour:
Rose
Rose, Charlie
(1942–) a US television interviewer. He is known for his daily programme on PBS called Charlie Rose, on which he interviews a wide variety of people, including politicians, musicians, filmmakers, and writers.
Rose, Charlie
(1942–) a US television interviewer. He is known for his daily programme on PBS called Charlie Rose, on which he interviews a wide variety of people, including politicians, musicians, filmmakers, and writers.