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rooses

rooses is the third-person singular simple present indicative of roose.

Meaning of roose

Verb

roose (third-person singular simple present rooses, present participle roosing, simple past and past participle roosed)

  1. (Scotland, dialectal) To flatter or praise.
    • Ha'e na ye roosed my cheeks like the morning? Ha'e na ye roosed my cherry-red mou?1809, Hector MacNeill, Oh, Tell Me How For to Woo.
  2. (Scotland, dialectal) To be proud.
    • I'll cock my nose aboon them a' — I'm roosed by Craigengillan !1865, The British Poets - Volume 2, page 43

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Proper noun capitalized: Rooses

Rooses

  1. (plural) plural of Roose

Questions about rooses

What is rooses the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Rooses is the third-person singular simple present indicative of roose.
What part of speech is rooses?
Rooses is a proper noun.

Words near rooses in the dictionary

  1. roos
  2. roosa oil
  3. roose
  4. roosed
  5. Roosendaal
  6. rooses
  7. Roosevelt
  8. Roosevelt County
  9. Roosevelt elk
  10. Rooseveltian
  11. Rooseveltiana

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