A female given name from Germanic. / A surname from Middle English. / An unincorporated community in Rock County, Nebraska. / A town and hamlet therein, in Wayne County, New York.

(Ireland, informal) A regional contestant in the annual Rose of Tralee contest. / (Ireland, informal) The winner of that year's contest.

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.

Alternative spelling of rosé

(poetic, transitive) To make rose-coloured; to redden or flush. / (poetic, transitive) To perfume, as with roses.

simple past tense of rise / (now colloquial and nonstandard) past participle of rise

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

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of rose

plural of rose

(philosophy) The quality of being a rose (type of flower). / (biology) The property of being a rose comb.