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roost definition

roost (ro̵̅o̅st)

noun

  1. a perch on which birds, esp. domestic fowls, can rest or sleep
  2. a place with perches for birds
  3. a place for resting, sleeping, etc.

Etymology: ME < OE hrost, akin to MDu roest < IE base *kred-, timberwork > OSlav krada, woodpile, Goth hrōt, roof

intransitive verb

  1. to rest, sit, sleep, etc. on a perch
  2. to stay or settle down, as for the night
roost Idioms

come home to roost

to have repercussions, esp. disagreeable ones; boomerang

rule the roost

to be master

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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