- 4. Dig, burrow with the snout.
Rooted, a. Fixed, deep, radical, confirmed, established.
Rootlet, n. Radicle, small root.
Root-stock, n. (Bot.) Rhizoma, root-like stem.
Rope, v. a.
- 1. Draw as by a rope, fasten, tie.
- 2. Pull, curb in, restrain.
Rope, v. n. Be ropy or viscous.
Rope-dancer, n. Acrobate, funambulist.
Rope of sand. Feeble tie.
Ropy, a. Viscous, viscid, glutinous, tenacious, stringy, adhesive.
Rosary, n.
- 1. Chaplet, garland.
- 2. Rose-garden, rosery.
- 3. String of beads for counting prayers.
Roseate, a.
- 1. Rosy, blushing, blooming, rose-colored.
- 2. Full of roses.
Rosebay, n. Rhododendron.
Rose-chafer, n. Rose-beetle, rose-fly (Cetonia aurata).
Rose-cold, n. Hay-fever, rose-fever.
Rose-color, n. Pink.
Rose-colored, a.
- 1. Rosy, roseate, pink.