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n. A perch on which domestic fowl or other birds rest or sleep.

n. A place with perches for fowl or other birds.

n. A place for temporary rest or sleep.

verb-intransitive. To rest or sleep on or as if on a perch or roost.

idiom. come home to roost To have repercussions or aftereffects, especially unfavorable ones: The consequences of your mistake will eventually come home to roost.

idiom. rule the roost Informal To be in charge; dominate: In this house my parents rule the roost.

n. The place where a bird sleeps (usually its nest or a branch).

v. sleep.

v. to come back home

n. A tidal race.

n. Roast.

v. 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.

verb-intransitive. To sit, rest, or sleep, as fowls on a pole, limb of a tree, etc.; to perch.

verb-intransitive. Fig.; To lodge; to rest; to sleep.

n. A pole or perch upon which fowls rest at night; any place upon which a bird may perch to rest; also, a locality where birds, as pigeons, habitually spend the night.

n. Hence A temporary abiding- or resting-place.

n. The fowls which occupy such a roost, collectively.

n. The inner roof of a cottage, composed of spars reaching from one wall to the other; a garret. Jamieson. [Scotch.]

To occupy a roost; perch, as a bird.

To stick or stay upon a resting-place; cling or adhere to a rest, as a limpet on a rock.

To set or perch, as a bird on a roost: used reflexively.

See roust.

v. sit, as on a branch

n. a shelter with perches for fowl or other birds

v. settle down or stay, as if on a roost

n. a perch on which domestic fowl rest or sleep

"Setting up close to the roost is perfectly ethical."

roosted    roosting    roosts   

sit    sit down    root    take root    steady down    settle down    settle    perch   

at roost   

roust   

rule the roost   

roast    perch    fig    lodge    rest    sleep   

Proust    boost    deduced    induced    introduced    loosed    overproduced    produced    reduced    reintroduced   

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