roost

Noun · Verb
Synonyms: perchrest

Open English WordNet

Verb (2)roosted, roosting

  1. sit, as on a branch“The birds perched high in the tree”Synonyms: perchrestMore general sit, sit down
  2. settle down or stay, as if on a roostMore general settle, root

Noun (2)

  1. a shelter with perches for fowl or other birdsType of shelterKinds henroostParts perch
  2. a perch on which domestic fowl rest or sleepType of perch

Related words rest noun, rest verb

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Webster's Dictionary (1913)

Roost noun

Roast. obsolete Geoffrey Chaucer

Roost transitive verb

See Roust, transitive verb

Roost noun

Origin: AS. hrōst; 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.— John Dryden

2. A collection of fowls roosting together.

At roost, on a perch or roost; hence, retired to rest.

Roost intransitive verb [past tense & past participle Roosted; present participle & verbal noun Roosting.]

1. To sit, rest, or sleep, as fowls on a pole, limb of a tree, etc.; to perch. William 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.— George Herbert

Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54

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