1. roost - Noun
2. roost - Verb
Roast.
See Roust, v. t.
The pole or other support on which fowls rest at night; a perch.
A collection of fowls roosting together.
To sit, rest, or sleep, as fowls on a pole, limb of a tree, etc.; to perch.
Fig.; To lodge; to rest; to sleep.
Source: Webster's dictionaryThe structure of a play is always the story of how the birds came home to roost. Arthur Miller
London is a roost for every bird. Benjamin Disraeli
I have to think that I think it's always been a horse race between this administration's temporary political acumen and their completely, utterly, totally bankrupt policies. And they're coming home to roost. It was always a question of time. These guys aren't conservative. These guys are radicals. Bradley Whitford
The chickens have come home to roost. American Proverb
Curses, like chickens, come home to roost. Spanish Proverb
If the building of a nest were easy, would the little "apatipers" bird roost in the fork of a tree? Ghana Proverb