rose

See also Rose

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /rəʊz/, SAMPA: /r@Uz/
• (US) IPA: /roʊz/, SAMPA: /roUz/
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Homophones

• rhos
• roes
• rows

Noun

Singular rose

Plural roses

1. A kind of shrub with red, pink, white or yellow flowers
2. The flower of the rose plant.

   He gave me a dozen red roses for our 1st anniversary.

   That rose smells good!

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Verb

Plain form rise

Third-person singular rises

Past tense rose

Past participle risen

Present participle rising

1. The past tense of rise.

   I rose too quickly and knocked over my chair.