roost

[roost]

A roost is a place where birds or bats can sleep or rest safely. Backyard chickens need a comfortable, secure roost to stay warm and rested.

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Roast.

Noun
a perch on which domestic fowl rest or sleep

Noun
a shelter with perches for fowl or other birds

Verb
settle down or stay, as if on a roost

Verb
sit, as on a branch; "The birds perched high in the treee"

n.
Roast.

v. t.
See Roust, v. t.

n.
The pole or other support on which fowls rest at night; a perch.

n.
A collection of fowls roosting together.

v. i.
To sit, rest, or sleep, as fowls on a pole, limb of a tree, etc.; to perch.

v. i.
Fig.; To lodge; to rest; to sleep.

Roost

Roost , n. Roast. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Roost

Roost , v. t. See Roust, v. t.

Roost

Roost, n. [AS. hr'd3st; akin to OD. roest roost, roesten to roost, and probably to E. roof. Cf. Roof.] 1. The pole or other support on which fowls rest at night; a perch.
He clapped his wings upon his roost.
2. A collection of fowls roosting together. At roost, on a perch or roost; hence, retired to rest.

Roost

Roost, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Roosted; p. pr. & vb. n. Roosting.] 1. To sit, rest, or sleep, as fowls on a pole, limb of a tree, etc.; to perch. Wordsworth. 2. Fig.; To lodge; to rest; to sleep.
O, let me where thy roof my soul hath hid, O, let me roost and nestle there.

Roast.

See Roust, v. t.

The pole or other support on which fowls rest at night; a perch.

To sit, rest, or sleep, as fowls on a pole, limb of a tree, etc.; to perch.

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Usage Examples

It's coming home to roost over the next 50 years or so. It's not just climate change it's sheer space, places to grow food for this enormous horde. Either we limit our population growth or the natural world will do it for us, and the natural world is doing it for us right now.

Misspelled Form

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Other Usage Examples

The structure of a play is always the story of how the birds came home to roost.