Roost
[ruːst] or [rust]
Definition
(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.
Edited by Elsie--From WordNet
Definition
(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.
Editor: Miriam
Synonyms and Synonymous
n. Perch.
v. n. Perch.
Inputed by Donald
Definition
n. a pole or support on which a bird rests at night: a number of fowls resting together: (Scot.) the inner roof of a cottage.—v.i. to sit or sleep on a roost.—n. Roost′er the male of the domestic fowl cock: any bird that roosts.—At roost roosting asleep.
Edited by Elena
Examples
- Little white villages surrounded by trees, nestle in the valleys or roost upon the lofty perpendicular sea-walls. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- I noticed that they all went to roost just before totality. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- But secrets have to be long-winded and roost high if they want to get away when the 'Old Man' goes hunting for them. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- It is a pity he could not judge it from some roost of his own in Mecca, without trespassing on our holy ground. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- It being now past midnight, the bird of prey went straight to roost. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- At ten o'clock I went round and saw that all the fellows had gone to roost, for I believe in strict training and plenty of sleep to keep a team fit. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- Would the just-hatched young sometimes adhere to the feet of birds roosting on the ground and thus get transported? Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
- This cat had a fashion of climbing up the elephant's hind legs and roosting on his back. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
Edited by Bessie