rose
/rəʊz/noun
उच्चारण रोज़
गुलाब
Core wordPYP · asked 4 times
Asked in previous papers
as homonym, idiom
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[C]
a flower with a sweet smell that grows on a bush with thorns on its stems; a pink colour
गुलाब
- a red rose
- She pinned a fresh rose in her hair.
- He gave her a bunch of red roses on her birthday.
+ 2 more examples
- The garden was full of roses in February.
- Rose petals are used in many sweets and drinks.
§Structures (grammar patterns) 4
a rose / roses (countable)
A rose is the flower; roses are many flowers or the bush.
Rose एक फूल है; roses अनेक फूल या झाड़ी हैं।
- She wore a red rose in her hair.
- The garden is full of roses.
rose-coloured / rose-tinted
Describes a happy or over-hopeful view of things.
यह चीज़ों के बारे में खुश या अत्यधिक आशावादी दृष्टिकोण का वर्णन करता है।
- He looks at life through rose-tinted glasses.
a bed of roses / come up roses
'A bed of roses' means a very easy, pleasant situation; usually used in the negative.
'A bed of roses' का अर्थ बहुत सरल, सुखद स्थिति है; प्रायः नकारात्मक रूप में।
- Life is not a bed of roses.
rose (past of rise)
Look-alike: 'rose' is also the past tense of the verb 'rise'.
समान रूप: 'rose' क्रिया 'rise' का past tense भी है।
- The sun rose at six.
- Prices rose sharply.
+Collocations 4
colour + rose
redwhiteyellowpinkwilddark
- A white rose stood in the vase.
verb + rose
growpicksmellplantgiveprune
- Gardeners prune roses in winter.
rose + noun
gardenwaterpetalbushbudthorn
- Rose water is used in sweets.
rose + of / like
a bunch ofa bouquet offresh as a rosered as a rose
- She gave him a bouquet of roses.
“More examples 6
- Radhika placed a rose on the teacher's desk on Teachers' Day.
राधिका ने शिक्षक दिवस पर शिक्षक की मेज़ पर एक गुलाब रखा।
- Rose petals are used in gulkand.
गुलकंद में गुलाब की पंखुड़ियों का प्रयोग होता है।
- Every rose has its thorns.
हर गुलाब में काँटे होते हैं।
- Jawaharlal Nehru wore a rose on his jacket.
जवाहरलाल नेहरू अपनी जैकेट पर गुलाब लगाते थे।
- The farmers grow roses for the Delhi market.
किसान दिल्ली के बाज़ार के लिए गुलाब उगाते हैं।
- The rose garden in Chandigarh attracts thousands of visitors each spring.
चंडीगढ़ का गुलाब उद्यान हर वसंत में हज़ारों पर्यटकों को आकर्षित करता है।
!Common mistakes 3
✗ The sun roses in the east.
✓ The sun rises in the east.
'Rose' is a noun or past tense; the present is 'rises'.
'Rose' noun या past tense है; present 'rises' है।
✗ He rised the price yesterday.
✓ He raised the price yesterday.
'Raise' takes an object; 'rise' does not.
'Raise' कर्म लेता है; 'rise' नहीं।
✗ She planted a roses in the garden.
✓ She planted roses in the garden.
'A' cannot go with the plural 'roses'.
'A' बहुवचन 'roses' के साथ नहीं आता।
≠Thesaurus: which synonym when
Common flowers, but each has its own look and use.
सामान्य फूल, पर हर एक का रूप और उपयोग अलग है।
A water flower, India's national flower.
जल का फूल, भारत का राष्ट्रीय पुष्प।
- The lotus in the pond.
¶Idioms 1
a bed of roses
a pleasant, easy situation
सुख-सुविधा भरी आसान स्थिति, फूलों की सेज
- Preparing for government exams is no bed of roses.
- Life in the army is not a bed of roses.
?Which word?
Homonym: rose is also the past tense of rise; idioms: a bed of roses (an easy situation: 'Life is not a bed of roses'), look at things through rose-tinted glasses (see only the good side).
Homonym: rose, rise का past tense भी है; idioms: a bed of roses (आसान स्थिति, फूलों की सेज: 'Life is not a bed of roses'), look at things through rose-tinted glasses (केवल अच्छा पक्ष देखना)।