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# roe

noun (roe; also a roe, roes for the deer)

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

## Everyday

1. Roe is the mass of eggs inside a female fish, often eaten as food. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/roe/#m1)
2. A roe or roe deer is a small deer of Europe and Asia with a reddish coat; the male is called a roebuck. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/roe/#m2)

### In the lessons

In science lessons, roe is a stage in the life cycle of fish (eggs). In food lessons, cod roe and salmon roe are eaten in many countries; caviar is the roe of the sturgeon. In nature lessons in the UK and Ireland, roe deer live in woods. Phrases: «cod roe», «salmon roe», «roe deer».

### Examples

- The salmon laid her roe in the gravel of the river. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/roe/#x1)
- Caviar is a very expensive kind of roe. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/roe/#x2)
- Grandad likes cod roe on toast. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/roe/#x3)
- We saw a roe deer at the edge of the wood. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/roe/#x4)
- The orange balls on the sushi were fish roe. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/roe/#x5)
- A roe deer is smaller than a red deer. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/roe/#x6)
- The Roe was petted and caressed, and ran about at will in the palace gardens. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/roe/#x7)

### Note

Fish roe is uncountable («some roe»). Sounds the same as «row» (a line, or to move a boat with oars) and «Roe» in names. Do not confuse with «doe», a female deer.

## In Jewish tradition

Asahel's fast running is compared to a wild roe; the roe or gazelle also appears in the Song of Songs as a graceful picture of love.

**Interpretation.** Tradition often uses the gazelle as an image of speed and grace; the Sages say to be "swift as a gazelle" in doing God's commands.

### Examples

- And the three sons of Zeruiah were there, Joab, and Abishai, and Asahel; and Asahel was as light of foot as one of the roes that are in the field. (Prophets 2SA.2.18, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/R/roe/#x1)

### Note

Fish roe is uncountable («some roe»). Sounds the same as «row» (a line, or to move a boat with oars) and «Roe» in names. Do not confuse with «doe», a female deer.

## On Mova

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