Meaning of ROOST
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- [n] a perch on which domestic fowl rest or sleep
- [n] a shelter with perches for fowl or other birds
- [v] settle down or stay, as if on a roost
- [v] sit, as on a branch; "The birds perched high in the treee"
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| | Synonyms: | | perch, rest |
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| | See Also: | | henroost, perch, root, settle, settle down, shelter, sit, sit down, steady down, take root | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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\Roost\, n.
Roast. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
\Roost\, v. t.
See {Roust}, v. t.
\Roost\, n. [AS. hr[=o]st; 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. --Dryden.
2. A collection of fowls roosting together.
{At roost}, on a perch or roost; hence, retired to rest.
\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. --Herbert.
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