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Synonyms for roe

Grammar : Noun
Spell : roh
Phonetic Transcription : roÊŠ

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Définition of roe

Origin :
  • "fish eggs," mid-15c., probably from an unrecorded Old English *hrogn, from Proto-Germanic *khrugna (cf. Old Norse hrogn, Danish rogn, Swedish rom, Flemish rog, Middle Low German and Middle Dutch roge, Old High German rogo, German Rogen "roe"), from PIE *krek- "frog spawn, fish eggs" (cf. Lithuanian kurkle, Russian krjak "spawn of frogs"). Exact relations of the Germanic words are uncertain.
  • As in caviar : noun fish eggs
  • As in egg : noun seed, cell; embryo of an animal
Example sentences :
  • Saying this, he sprung away like the roe upon the mountains.
  • Extract from : « Imogen » by William Godwin
  • The jury decided that Roe was guilty of the act, and remanded him for trial.
  • Extract from : « The International Monthly, Volume 3, No. 2, May, 1851 » by Various
  • Here comes Romeo, here comes Romeo—without his roe, like a dried herring.
  • Extract from : « An Old Sailor's Yarns » by Nathaniel Ames
  • The Roe was a freight-boat, "as slow as an island and as comfortable as a farm."
  • Extract from : « Mark Twain, A Biography, 1835-1910, Complete » by Albert Bigelow Paine
  • Be thou like to a roe, or a young hart upon the mountains of spices.
  • Extract from : « The Wedding Ring » by T. De Witt Talmage
  • When we reached there we found Roe at home, to whom we recounted our adventure.
  • Extract from : « Stories and Sketches » by Harriet S. Caswell
  • He had followed a roe from that forest to the Osenberg, and had distanced all his attendants.
  • Extract from : « The Science of Fairy Tales » by Edwin Sidney Hartland
  • More black is sin than the blackest sloe: And thought is swifter than any roe.
  • Extract from : « Romantic Ballads » by George Borrow
  • Boil the roe for 15 minutes in salted water; then drain and mash.
  • Extract from : « 365 Luncheon Dishes » by Anonymous
  • Deliver thyself as a roe from the hand of the hunter and as a bird from the hand of the fowler.
  • Extract from : « Eben Holden » by Irving Bacheller

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