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rosing

rosing is the present participle and gerund of rose.

Meaning of rose

Verb

rose (third-person singular simple present roses, present participle rosing, simple past and past participle rosed)

  1. (poetic, transitive) To make rose-colored; to redden or flush.
    • A maid yet rosed over with the virgin crimson of modesty.1599 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Life of Henry the Fift”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount...
  2. (poetic, transitive) To perfume, as with roses.
    • the very nape of her white neck
      Was rosed with indignation1847, Alfred Tennyson, “(please specify the page number, or |part=Prologue, I to VII, or conclusion)”, in The Princess: A Medley, London: Edward Moxon, […], →OCLC

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Noun

rosing (uncountable)

  1. The process of imparting a pink tint to raw white silk.

Questions about rosing

What does rosing mean?
Rosing means the process of imparting a pink tint to raw white silk.
What is rosing the present participle and gerund of?
Rosing is the present participle and gerund of rose.
What part of speech is rosing?
Rosing is a noun.

Words near rosing in the dictionary

  1. rosinduline
  2. rosindulines
  3. rosined
  4. rosiness
  5. rosinesses
  6. rosing
  7. rosining
  8. rosinous
  9. rosins
  10. Rosinski
  11. Rosinskis

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