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ross
1[ raws, ros ]
noun
- the rough exterior of bark.
verb (used with object)
- to remove the rough exterior of bark from (a log or the like).
Ross
2[ raws, ros ]
noun
- Betsy Gris·com [gris, -k, uh, m], 1752–1836, maker of the first U.S. flag.
- Harold Wallace, 1892–1951, U.S. publisher and editor.
- Sir James Clark, 1800–62, English navigator: explorer of the Arctic and the Antarctic.
- his uncle Sir John, 1777–1856, Scottish naval officer and Arctic explorer.
- John CoowescooweorKooweskoowe, 1790–1866, Cherokee leader.
- Nellie Tay·loe [tey, -loh], 1876–1977, U.S. politician and governor of Wyoming: first woman U.S. governor 1925–27.
- Sir Ronald, 1857–1932, English physician: Nobel Prize 1902.
- a male given name.
Ross
/ °ùÉ’²õ /
noun
- RossDiana1944FUSMUSIC: popular singer Diana . born 1944, US singer: lead vocalist (1961–69) with Motown group the Supremes, whose hits include "Baby Love" (1964). Her subsequent recordings include Lady Sings the Blues (film soundtrack, 1972), and Chain Reaction (1986)
- RossSir James Clark18001862MBritishMILITARY: naval officerTRAVEL AND EXPLORATION: explorer Sir James Clark . 1800–62, British naval officer; explorer of the Arctic and Antarctic. He located the north magnetic pole (1831) and discovered the Ross Sea during an Antarctic voyage (1839–43)
- RossSir John17771856MScottishMILITARY: naval officerTRAVEL AND EXPLORATION: explorer his uncle, Sir John . 1777–1856, Scottish naval officer and Arctic explorer
- RossSir Ronald18571932MEnglishSCIENCE: bacteriologist Sir Ronald . 1857–1932, English bacteriologist, who discovered the transmission of malaria by mosquitoes: Nobel prize for physiology or medicine 1902
51³Ô¹Ï History and Origins
Origin of ross1
Example Sentences
Diana Ross returned to the event after 22 years with a show-stopping gown embroidered with her family’s names on its feathered train.
More than 1,200 NIH employees have been fired, and many researchers, including Ross, are in limbo.
His lab is close to testing a candidate vaccine on people, Ross said, while waiting to find out about its NIH funding.
Ted Ross, director of global vaccine development at the Cleveland Clinic, said he was “happy to see them investing in respiratory vaccines, including a universal flu vaccine, with all the programs they’ve been cutting.â€
“But I don’t think this is the only approach,†Ross said.
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