I. rose 1 /rəʊz $ roʊz/ BrE AmE noun
[ Language: Old English ; 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:
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
II. rose 2 BrE AmE
the past tense of ↑ rise
III. rose 3 BrE AmE adjective
pink in colour:
rose velvet curtains