rose

rose¹ W3S3 [rəuz US rouz] n

↑leaf, ↑petal, ↑stem, ↑stalk

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1¦(flower)¦

2¦(colour)¦

3 something is not a bed of roses

4 put the roses back in somebody's cheeks

5 be coming up roses

6 come out of something/come up smelling of roses

7¦(for water)¦

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[: Old English; Origin: Latin rosa]

1.) ¦(FLOWER)¦

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)¦[U]

a pink colour

3.) sth is not a bed of roses also sth is not all roses BrE 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

BrE 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 sth/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)¦ BrE

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

rose ²

rose² v

the past tense of ↑rise

rose ³

rose³ adj

pink in colour

▪ rose velvet curtains