roose

[ rooz; Scot. also rœz ]

/ ruz; Scot. also rœz /

Chiefly Scot.

verb (used with or without object), roosed, roos·ing, noun

QUIZZES

CHALLENGE YOURSELF WITH THIS MIDDLE SCHOOL PART OF SPEECH QUIZ!

How well do you know your adjectives from your adverbs? Your preposition from your pronouns? Your interjections from your conjunctions? Let’s put your knowledge of parts of speech to the text! Note: Many of the following questions will ask you to identify the parts of speech “in order.” That means the first word in all capital letters will correspond to the first option in an answer, and so on.

Question 1 of 10

In order, what parts of speech are the words in all capital letters? Alisa was VERY tired, SO she decided to go to bed.

adverb, adverb

adverb, conjunction

adjective, conjunction

TAKE THE QUIZ TO FIND OUT

Origin of roose

1150–1200; Middle English rosen < Old Norse hrōsa to praise

Words nearby roose

rooming-in, roommate, roomy, rooney, roorback, roose, roosevelt, roosevelt corollary, roosevelt dam, roosevelt island, roosevelt's court packing plan

Example sentences from the Web for roose

Roose was careful to let evangelicals explain their beliefs for themselves and sometimes, to fall on their own swords.
Inside America's Holiest University|Johanna Piazza|March 23, 2009|DAILY BEAST
"I don't think a student has ever asked me that," the dean told Roose.
Inside America's Holiest University|Johanna Piazza|March 23, 2009|DAILY BEAST
Begins, “The roose as saith the philosopher Plinius hath doble verteus.”
The Old English Herbals|Eleanour Sinclair Rohde
And after dinner, in the drawing-room, Lady Cecilia did introduce me to two girls—the Roose girls—you know.
The Visits of Elizabeth|Elinor Glyn

By a retrospective law, Roose was sentenced to be boiled to death, which was done accordingly.
The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction,|Various
And this is a perfectly serious question, although it certainly sounds as if it were only intended for a Roose.
Punch, Or The London Charivari, Vol. 101, August 29, 1891|Various