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# roan

adjective; noun (roans)

«roan» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. Roan describes an animal, especially a horse or mule, whose coat is brown, red or black mixed with white or grey hairs. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/roan/#m1)
2. A roan is such an animal. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/roan/#m2)

### In the lessons

a colour name for a horse or mule in farm and country tales

### Examples

- A roan pony stood by the gate. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/roan/#x1)
- He rode his roan mule to town. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/roan/#x2)
- The roan horse trotted into the yard. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/roan/#x3)

### Note

nothing for maths

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «roan» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/roan/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«roan» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/roan.html) on Mova free.