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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

ROOST, n.
The pole or other support on which fowls rest at night.
He clapp'd his wings upon his roost.
At roost, in a state for rest and sleep.
ROOST, v.i.
1. To sit, rest or sleep, as fowls on a pole, tree or other thing at night.
2. To lodge, in burlesque.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: a shelter with perches for fowl or other birds
2: a perch on which domestic fowl rest or sleep v
1: sit, as on a branch; "The birds perched high in the tree" [syn: perch, roost, rest]
2: settle down or stay, as if on a roost

Merriam Webster's

I. noun Etymology: Middle English, from Old English hr?st; akin to Old Saxon hr?st attic Date: before 12th century 1. a. a support on which birds rest b. a place where winged animals and especially birds customarily roost 2. a group of birds roosting together II. verb Date: 1530 intransitive verb 1. to settle down for rest or sleep ; perch 2. to settle oneself as if on a roost transitive verb to supply a roost for or put to roost

Oxford Reference Dictionary

1. n. & v. --n. 1 a branch or other support on which a bird perches, esp. a place where birds regularly settle to sleep. 2 a place offering temporary sleeping-accommodation. --v. 1 intr. a (of a bird) settle for rest or sleep. b (of a person) stay for the night. 2 tr. provide with a sleeping-place. Phrases and idioms: come home to roost (of a scheme etc.) recoil unfavourably upon the originator. Etymology: OE hrost 2. n. a tidal race in the Orkneys and Shetlands. Etymology: ON röst

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Roost Roost, v. t. See Roust, v. t.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Roost Roost, n. Roast. [Obs.] --Chaucer.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Roost 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.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Roost 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.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Roust Roust, n. [Cf. Icel. r["o]st an estuary.] A strong tide or current, especially in a narrow channel. [Written also rost, and roost.] --Jamieson.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(roosts, roosting, roosted) 1. A roost is a place where birds or bats rest or sleep. N-COUNT 2. When birds or bats roost somewhere, they rest or sleep there. The peacocks roost in nearby shrubs. VERB: V prep/adv 3. If bad or wrong things that someone has done in the past have come home to roost, or if their chickens have come home to roost, they are now experiencing the unpleasant effects of these actions. Appeasement has come home to roost... PHRASE: come inflects 4. If you say that someone rules the roost in a particular place, you mean that they have control and authority over the people there. (INFORMAL) Today the country's nationalists rule the roost and hand out the jobs. PHRASE: V inflects

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

I. n. Perch. II. v. n. 1. Perch. 2. Lodge, settle.

Moby Thesaurus

abide, accommodations, anchor, aviary, be seated, berth, billet, billet at, bird cage, birdhouse, bivouac, board, bunk, burrow, camp, cohabit, colonize, columbary, come to anchor, diggings, digs, domesticate, domicile, domiciliate, doss down, dovecote, drop anchor, dwell, ensconce, establish residence, hang out, hive, house, housing, hut, inhabit, keep house, land, light, live, live at, living quarters, locate, lodge, lodging, lodgings, lodgment, moor, move, nest, occupy, park, people, perch, pigeon house, pigeon loft, populate, put up, quarter, quarters, relocate, remain, remain seated, reside, room, rooms, roosting place, set, set down, set up housekeeping, set up shop, settle, settle down, shelter, sit, sit down, sleeping place, squat, stand, stay, stay at, strike root, take residence at, take root, take up residence, tenant, touch down