roost

Speech parts

1. roost - Noun

2. roost - Verb

Meaning

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 dictionary

Synonyms

rest perch lodge nestle house aerie aviary rookery set land light live remain hive birdhouse
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Antonyms

fly rise launch arise climb float
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Hypernyms

root sit settle shelter perch settle down

Hyponyms

henroost

Phrases with the word

rule the roost chickens come home to roost chicken roost

Derivatives

Roosted roosting

Anagrams

stoor torso ostro roots Sorto

Examples

The 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

Close letter words and terms

Rooskey Roosky Roosmalen's dwarf porcupine roostcock rooster rooster booster