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"ROSES" is a plural of: rose. |
Date "ROSES" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1010. (references) |
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Dream Interpretation | To dream of seeing roses blooming and fragrant, denotes that some joyful occasion is nearing, and you will possess the faithful love of your sweetheart. For a young woman to dream of gathering roses, shows she will soon have an offer of marriage, which will be much to her liking. Withered roses, signify the absence of loved ones. White roses, if seen without sunshine or dew, denotes serious if not fatal illness. To inhale their fragrance, brings unalloyed pleasure. For a young woman to dream of banks of roses, and that she is gathering and tying them into bouquets, signifies that she will be made very happy by the offering of some person whom she regards very highly. Source: Ten Thousand Dreams Interpreted .... |
Literature | Roses The Wars of the Roses. A civil contest that lasted thirty years, in which eighty princes of the blood, a larger portion of the English nobility, and some 100,000 common soldiers were slain. It was a contest between the Lancastrians and Yorkists, whose supporters wore in their caps as badges a red or white rose, the Red rose (gules) being the cognisance of the House of Lancaster, and the White rose (argent) being the badge of the House of York. (1455-1485.). Source: Brewer's Dictionary. |
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(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
A rose is a flowering shrub of the genus Rosa and the flower of this shrub. There are around a hundred species of wild roses, mostly from the temperate northern hemisphere. The species form a group of generally thorny shrubs or climbers, and sometimes trailing plants.
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There are a great variety of cultivated roses. Twentieth-century rose breeders generally emphasized size and color, producing large, attractive blooms with little or no scent. Many wild and "old-fashioned" roses, by contrast, have a strong sweet scent.
Roses are among the most common flowers sold by florists, as well as one of the most popular garden shrubs. Roses are of great economic importance both as a crop for florists' use and for use in perfume.
Some cultivated varieties flower from June until December in the north temperate zone. Rosa multiflora is sometimes used as a hedge or field border, and to attract birds and other wildlife: it is very prolific, however, and often spreads beyond where the gardener wants it. In particular, they were used as borders in wheat fields in the American Midwest, and became a weed.
The fruits of some species, especially Rosa canina or the dog rose, called rose hips, have been used as a source of Vitamin C, (rose hip syrup). They can also be used to make an herbal tea.
Most roses have thornss. Some species roses have thorns that are so fine as to be called spines, and some others have vestigial thorns that have no points. Some cultivated forms, such as the Lady Banks rose have no thorns at all.
Roses and culture
Roses are ancient symbols of love and beauty. The rose was sacred to a number of goddesses, and is often used as a symbol of the Virgin Mary. Roses are so important that the word means pink or red in a variety of languages (such as Romance languages and Greek).
Roses come in a variety of colors, each with a different symbolic meaning:
- Red: love
- Pink: grace
- Dark Pink: gratitude
- Light Pink: admiration, sympathy
- White: innocence, secrecy (see also: White Rose)
- Yellow: dying love
- Orange: passion
- Burgundy: beauty
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Rose."
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Roses (Spanish Rosas) is a town with an important port in the Mediterranean Costa Brava, located in the comarca of Alt Empordà, in the province of Girona, Catalonia, Spain. Greek ruins of Empúries (old Emporion) are not far.Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Roses."
| The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted. | |||
| Entry | Source | Expression | Field |
ROSES | English | Road safety enhancement system which takes into account road and weather conditions | Transportation |
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |||
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Pain | Adjective: causing pleasure; Verb: laetificant; pleasure-giving, pleasing, pleasant, pleasurable; agreeable; grateful, gratifying; leef, lief, acceptable; welcome, welcome as the roses in May; welcomed; favorite; to one's taste, to one's mind, to one's liking; satisfactory; (good). |
Physical Pleasure | Noun: pleasure; physical pleasure, sensual pleasure, sensuous pleasure; bodily enjoyment, animal gratification, hedonism, sensuality; luxuriousness. Adjective: dissipation, round of pleasure, gusto, creature comforts, comfort, ease; pillow. (support); luxury, lap of luxury; purple and fine linen; bed of downs, bed of roses; velvet, clover; cup of Circe. (intemperance). |
Adverb: in comfort. Noun: on a bed of roses. Noun: at one's ease. | |
Prosperity | Saturnia regna, Saturnian age; golden time, golden age; bed of roses, fat city; fat of the land, milk and honey, loaves and fishes. |
Sociality | Welcome, welcome as the roses in May; f_ted, entertained. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
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Screenplays | It was rich, almost sweet, like the scent of jasmine and roses around our old courtyard (Interview with the Vampire: The Vampire Chronicles; writing credit: Anne Rice) I say, marriage with Max is not exactly a bed of roses, is it (Rebecca; writing credit: Daphne Du Maurier; Philip MacDonald) Oh Moses, smell the roses. (Seinfeld; writing credit: Andreas Lenze; Bea Schmidt) But, he did send me a dozen beautiful red roses. (Less Than Perfect; writing credit: David Blum; Tom Hertz) Roses are red, Violets are Blue, They'll need dental records to identify you. (Valentine; writing credit: Donna Powers) | |
Lyrics | Sunlight, red red roses (Last Night; performing artist: Az Yet) She left me roses by the stairs (All the Small Things; performing artist: Blink 182) I see trees of green, red roses too (What a Wonderful World; performing artist: LOUIS ARMSTRONG) Long stem roses are the way to your heart (Express Yourself; performing artist: Madonna) And they gathered in all directions, like roses they scattered (Birdland; performing artist: Patti Smith) | |
Clever | You may pass violets looking for roses and contentment looking for victory. (references; author: unknown) A life with love will have some thorns, but a life without love will have no roses. (references; author: unknown) Some people complain because the roses have thorns. Others give thanks because the thorns have roses. (references; author: unknown) Life is really a bed of roses. Others are just lucky to have friends to help them pick the thorns off. (references; author: unknown) | |
Movie/TV Titles | Lollipops and Roses (1974) L' Italien des roses (1972) Paper Roses (1971) Two Roses and a Golden Rod (1969) Villa des roses (1968) | |
Song Titles | 18 Wheels & A Dozen Roses (performing artist: Kathy Mattea) White Roses (performing artist: Storyhill) Sally Go 'Round The Roses (performing artist: The Jaynetts) | |
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 | A red rose, symbol of love—and tasty treat for spider mites. This issue of the magazine looks at several ARS efforts to keep valuable floral and nursery crops like roses and woody ornamentals safe from the many pests that plague them. P. Credit: USDA ARS News; photo by Peggy Greb.. |  | Wild roses in an urban setting. Credit: John Craig. |
 | Woman picking roses with man by brick wall. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Woman in bonnet bending over roses. Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | Woman selecting bouquet of roses from vendor priced "$9 doz", while her escort, eyes bulging, reaches into pocket. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | I have here two roses, Abigail -- a Marechal Neil and a Lady Chisleworth : shall I ... Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | Dwight D. Eisenhower holding hat to his chest, alongside Queen Elizabeth II of England, who is holding a bouquet of roses, Prince Phillip standing behind them. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Roses in street parking. Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | Madame Chatenay roses, American Carnation Society Exhibition, Detroit, Mich. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Roses, grown by Frank Holznagle, American Carnation Society Exhibition, Detroit, Mich. Credit: Library of Congress. |
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| "Roses" by Nadia Jasmine Commentary: "Taken using a Holga 120s." | "Roses 5" by Belinda Johnson Commentary: "Loose Park Rose Garden - Kansas City, MO, USA." |
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| Author | Quotation |
Austin O'malley | Sorrow, like rain, makes roses and mud. |
Ben Hogan | As you walk down the fairway of life you must smell the roses, for you only get to play one round. |
Francois de Malherbe | And a rose, she lived as roses do, the space of a morn. |
George Eliot | It will never rain roses: when we want to have more roses we must plant more trees. |
Henry Van Dyke | The best rosebush after all, is not that which has the fewest thorns, but that which bears the finest roses. |
Ralph Waldo Emerson | How cunningly nature hides every wrinkle of inconceivable antiquity under roses and violets and morning dew. |
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Les Miserables | Hugo, Victor | Violets are blue, roses are red, Violets are blue, I love my loves |
Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man | Joyce, James | Lavender and cream and pink roses were beautiful to think of. |
Grapes of Wrath | Steinbeck, John | White houses stood in the greenery, roses growing over them |
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| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Economic History | Ecuador | Exports of non-traditional products such as roses ($194 million) and tuna ($72 million) have grown in recent years. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| "ROSES" is generally used as a noun (plural) -- approximately 84.74% of the time. "ROSES" is used about 1,518 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (plural) | 84.74% | 1,287 | 6,139 |
| Noun (proper) | 15.26% | 232 | 19,713 |
| Total | 100.00% | 1,518 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following table summarizes the usage of "ROSES" based on a population census conducted in the United States. Ranks and frequencies are based on all names reported and classified. |
| Name | Usage/Gender | Usage per 100 million Persons | Rank in USA |
| Roses | Last name | 300 | 23,437 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits. | |||
| The following table summarizes names derived from the word "ROSES". | |||
| Name | Gender | Language | Meaning |
| Roosevelt | Male | English | A field of roses |
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Expressions using "ROSES": attar of roses ♦ be on a bed of roses ♦ bed of roses ♦ garden of roses ♦ gather life's roses ♦ it is not all roses ♦ on a bed of roses ♦ scent of the roses ♦ she has lost her roses ♦ take time to smell the roses ♦ War of the Roses ♦ wars of the Roses. Additional references. | |
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "ROSES": roses-and-castles, roses-round-the-door. | |
Ending with "ROSES": Chigny-les-roses. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
heirloom roses.com | 3 |
duelists gi oh roses.com yu | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "ROSES"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Albanian | faqekuq (ruddy, sanguine). (various references) | |
Bulgarian | удоволствия (amenities, bed of roses, cakes and ale, sweets), розово масло (attar of roses), розова леха (bed of roses), не е толкова лесно (it is not all roses), наслаждавам се на живота (gather life's roses). (various references) | |
Czech | rùže (red plague, rose). (various references) | |
Dutch | Getuigschrift Proeftuin voor Kasrozen (Experimental Garden Certificate for Glasshouse Roses). (various references) | |
Finnish | ruusuöljy (attar of roses). (various references) | |
German | Rosen. (various references) | |
Greek | περιβόλι ρόδων (garden of roses). (various references) | |
Hungarian | rózsaolaj (attar, attar of roses), rózsalovag (chevalier aux roses), rózsaágy (bed of roses, rosary), kellemes helyzet (bed of roses), az élet nem fenékig tejfel (life isn't roses all the way), az élet nem csak örömökből áll (life isn't roses all the way). (various references) | |
Manx | ooil roseyn (attar of roses). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | osesray.(various references) | |
Portuguese | essência de rosas (attar of roses), dar um tempo para descansar (take time to smell the roses), dar um tempo para cheirar as flores (take time to smell the roses). (various references) | |
Romanian | situaţie bunã (bed of roses), s-a ofilit (she has lost her roses), parfumul trandafirilor (scent of the roses). (various references) | |
Russian | румянец (bloom, blush, flush, glow, high color, high colour, ruddiness, suffusion). (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | ruže. (various references) | |
Spanish | estar en un lecho de rosas (be on a bed of roses), esencia de rosas (attar, attar of roses). (various references) | |
Turkish | mutlu ve huzurlu ortam (bed of roses), güllük gülistanlık durum (bed of roses), güllük gülistanlık şey (bed of roses), gül yağı (attar of roses), gül tarhı (bed of roses, rose-bed), gül bahçesi (bed of roses, rosarium, rosary, rose garden, rose-bed, rosery). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "ROSES": roseslug, roseslugs. (additional references) | |
Words ending with "ROSES": agaroses, amauroses, aponeuroses, arterioscleroses, arthroses, atheroscleroses, broses, chloroses, dextroses, diarthroses, eroses, fibroses, fluoroses, heteroses, hidroses, hyperhidroses, leptospiroses, myelofibroses, necroses, nephroses, neuroses, osteoporoses, otoscleroses, pharoses, polyhedroses, primroses, proses, psychoneuroses, rhinoceroses, rockroses, saroses, scleroses, soroses, sucroses, synarthroses, tuberoses, viroses, xeroses. (additional references) | |
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"ROSES" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: eroses, orses, ramses, resesh, resess, rhoaes, roces, rocess, roissy, Romseys, roose, rosae, rosea, rosed, Rosel, rosens, Roseo, Roser, rosets, roseus, rosey, rosig, rosis, Roskens, Roskes, rosle, roso, Rosow, Rosselson, Rossl, rosso, rossos, Rosss, Rosswess, rosts, rosus, Roswas, rosys, Rotsea, rozas, rozen, Rozes, rozi, rposes, Rsas, rsis, russe, russes, Russev. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "ROSES" (pronounced rō"zuz) |
| 4 | -ō" z u z | closes, composes, decomposes, discloses, disposes, dozes, exposes, forecloses, hoses, imposes, noses, opposes, poses, presupposes, proposes, supposes. |
| 3 | -z u z | accuses, advertises, advises, agonizes, amazes, amuses, analyzes, apologizes, appraises, arises, arouses, authorizes, confuses, blazes, bowses, breezes, bronzes, bruises, brutalizes, buzzes, capitalizes, categorizes, causes, characterizes, chastises, cheeses, chooses, clauses, comprises, compromises, criticizes, cruises, demilitarizes, despises, devises, Dieses, diffuses, diseases, disguises, dramatizes, eases, emphasizes, energizes, enfranchises, enterprises, epitomizes, espouses, excises, exercises, extravaganzas, fantasizes, fertilizes, formalizes, franchises, freezes, fuses, fuzes, galvanizes, gazes, glazes, guises, humanizes, idolizes, immortalizes, immunizes, infuses, institutionalizes, ironizes, jeopardizes, joneses, legitimizes, lenses, Lollapaloozas, loses, marginalizes, materializes, maximizes, mazes, minimizes, mises, misuses, monopolizes, muses, neutralizes, noises, oozes, organizes, oversizes, paralyzes, pauses, penalizes, personalizes, phases, phrases, Plazas, pleases, polarizes, polymerizes, praises, pressurizes, primroses, prioritizes, prizes, quizzes, raises, realizes, reanalyses, recognizes, refuses, reorganizes, revises, rhapsodizes, rises, ruses, satirizes, scrutinizes, seizes, sensationalizes, sizes, sneezes, specializes, squeezes, stabilizes, stanzas, sterilizes, storehouses, subsidizes, summarizes, summonses, supervises, surmises, surprises, symbolizes, sympathizes, tantalizes, teases, terrorizes, theorizes, trivializes, utilizes, visas, warehouses, wheezes, whizzes. |
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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: sores. | |
| Words within the letters "e-o-r-s-s" | |
-1 letter: eros, ores, oses, roes, rose, sers, sore. | |
-2 letters: ers, ess, oes, ore, ors, ose, res, roe, ser, sos. | |
-3 letters: er, es, oe, or, os, re, so. | |
| Words containing the letters "e-o-r-s-s" | |
+1 letter: broses, corses, crosse, dosers, dosser, eroses, gorses, horses, lessor, losers, mosser, ogress, osiers, posers, proses, resods, resows, rooses, rosets, rouses, scores, seisor, senors, sensor, serosa, serous, serows, servos, shoers, shores, snores, sobers, sorels, sorest, sowers, spores, stores, torses, tosser, tsores, versos, worses. | |
+2 letters: arkoses, arouses, bossier, bourses, browses, censors, closers, corpses, corsets, coshers, costers, courses, cresols, crossed, crosser, crosses, desorbs, dorsels, dorsers, dossers, dossier, dousers, dowsers, drosses, drowses, engross, escorts, escrows, estrous, forests, fosters, frescos, glosser, grossed, grosser, grosses, grouses, horstes, hosiers, housers, isomers, joshers, koshers, lassoer, lessors, lorises, momsers, morsels, moshers, mossers, mossier, mousers, nestors, noosers, noshers, oarless, oestrus, oppress, orrises, ospreys, ostlers, ousters, oysters, persons, plessor, poisers, poseurs, posters, pressor, prestos, process, profess, prosers, prosses, prossie, prowess, reasons, recross, regloss, reposes, reshoes, reshows, resoaks, resoles, resorbs, resorts, respots, riboses, rissole, rodless, roosers, roscoes, rosiest, rosters, rousers, sarodes, saroses, scorers, scoters, sectors, seisors, seizors, senhors, seniors, senoras, senores, sensors, sensory, serious, sermons, serosae, serosal, serosas, shovers, showers, slopers, smokers, snorers, soakers, soapers, soarers, sobbers, soccers, soirees, solders, solvers, sonders, sonsier, sooners, sorbets, sorbose, sorites, sorners, soroses, sorrels, sorters, sorties, sources, sourest, souters, splores, stereos, sterols, stokers, stoners, stopers, storeys, stories, stoures, stovers, strobes, strokes, sucrose, tensors, tossers, trioses, tussore, viroses, votress, worsens, worsets, wowsers, xeroses, xerosis, zosters. | |
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