rose Definition

rise
verb, intr rose, risen, rising

1. To get or stand up, especially from a sitting, kneeling or lying position.
2. To get up from bed, especially after a night's sleep.

Example: They always rise at seven
Thesaurus: wake, get up, arise; Antonym: retire.
3. To move upwards; to ascend.

Thesaurus: ascend, mount, climb, soar, tower, levitate, surge, lift; Antonym: fall, descend, drop.
4. To increase in size, amount, volume, strength, degree, intensity, etc.

Example: sales have risen
Example: The wind rose at night
Thesaurus: increase, move up, grow, enlarge, swell, intensify, heighten, spread, inflate, augment; Antonym: decrease, lessen, contract.
5. Said of the Sun, Moon, planets, etc: to appear above the horizon.
6. To stretch or slope upwards.

Example: ground which rises gently
7. To rebel.

Form: rise up against someone or something (usually)
Form: rise against someone or something
8. To move from a lower position, rank, level, etc to a higher one.
9. To begin or originate.

Example: a river that rises in the mountains
10. Said especially of a person's spirits: to become more cheerful.
11. Said of an animal's fur, a person's hair, etc: to become straight and stiff, especially from fear or anger.
12. Said of a committee, court, parliament, etc: to finish a session; to adjourn.
13. To come back to life; to be resurrected.

Example: rose from the dead
14. Said of fish: to come to the surface of the water.
15. Said of birds: to fly up from the ground, etc.

Example: The geese all rose from the lake
16. Said of dough, a cake, etc: to swell up; increase in volume.
17. To be built.

Example: new office blocks rising all over town
18. To respond to something, especially provocation or criticism.

Form: rise to something (usually)
19. Said of the stomach or throat: to give a feeling of nausea.

Example: His stomach rose at the sight

noun

1. An act of rising.
2. An increase in size, amount, volume, strength, status, rank, etc.

Thesaurus: increase, growth, acceleration, multiplication, increment, addition, enlargement, advance, accession; Antonym: reduction, decrease, lessening.
(Brit)
3. An increase in salary. US equivalent raise.

Example: asked for a rise
4. A piece of rising ground; a slope or hill.
5. A beginning or origin.

Thesaurus: origin, beginning, commencement, initiation, onset, start, source; Antonym: end, finish.
6. The vertical height of a step or flight of stairs.

Derivative: riser

Someone who gets out of bed, usually at a specified time.
Example: an early riser
Example: a late riser

Any of the vertical parts between the horizontal steps of a set of stairs.

A vertical pipe, especially one within a building or on an oil rig.

Derivative: rising

The act or action of rising.

A rebellion.
Thesaurus: revolution, revolt, uprising, insurrection, riot.

adj

Moving or sloping upwards; getting higher.

adj

Approaching greater age, maturity, status, reputation or importance.
Thesaurus: advancing, approaching, emerging, assurgent.

adj

Approaching a specified age.
Example: the rising sevens

Idiom: get a rise out of someone (take a rise out of someone)

colloq
To make them angry or upset, especially by teasing or provoking them.
Thesaurus: anger, tease, provoke, bait, annoy.

Idiom: give rise to something

To cause it or bring it about.
Thesaurus: cause, initiate, begin, start.

Idiom: on the rise

To be rising or increasing.
Example: Crime is on the rise in this area

Idiom: rise and shine

A facetiously cheerful invitation to someone to get out of bed briskly in the morning.

Idiom: rise from the ranks

To work one's way up from being a private soldier to a commissioned officer.

To work one's way up within a particular field, profession, organization, etc.

Idiom: rise to the bait

To do what someone else intends or suggests (usually by means of indirect suggestions, hints, etc) that one should do.

Idiom: rise to the occasion

To prove oneself up to, or able to cope with, an unusual or special situation or circumstances.

Etymology: Anglo-Saxon risan.

Phrasal Verb: rise above something

To remain unaffected by teasing, provocation, criticism, etc.

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rose¹
noun

1. An erect or climbing thorny shrub that produces large, often fragrant, flowers which may be red, pink, yellow, orange or white, or some combination of these colours, followed by bright-coloured fleshy fruits known as hips.
2. The flower of this plant.
3. A rose as the national emblem of England.
4. Any flowering plant that superficially resembles a rose, eg the Christmas rose.
5. The colour of a rose, usually a darkish pink.
6. A light-pink, glowing complexion.

Example: put the roses back in one's cheeks
Form: roses
7. A perforated nozzle, usually attached to the end of a hose, watering can, shower-head, etc, that makes the water come out in a spray.
8. A circular fitting in a ceiling through which an electric light flex hangs. Also called ceiling rose.
9. A circular moulding from which a door handle projects.
10. A rose-like design, eg round the sound hole of a guitar or lute, etc.
11. A rose-diamond.
12. A rose window.
13. A rosette.

adj

1. Relating to or like a rose or roses, especially in colour, scent or form.

Derivative: roseless
adj

Derivative: roselike
adj

Idiom: all roses (roses all the way)

Pleasant or happy; free from problems or difficulties.

Idiom: bed of roses

An easy or comfortable situation.

Idiom: under the rose

In confidence; privately. Also called sub rosa.

Etymology: Anglo-Saxon, from Latin rosa, probably from rhodon rose.

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rose² past tense of rise

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rosé
noun

rosés
1. A light-pink wine properly made by removing the skins of red grapes after fermentation has begun. It is sometimes also made by mixing red and white wines.

Etymology: 19c: French, literally ‘pink'.