Roost Definition
ro͝ost
roosted, roosting, roosts
noun
roosts
A perch on which birds, esp. domestic fowls, can rest or sleep.
Webster's New World
A place with perches for birds.
Webster's New World
A group of animals in a roost.
American Heritage
A place for resting, sleeping, etc.
Webster's New World
verb
roosted, roosting, roosts
To rest, sit, sleep, etc. on a perch.
Webster's New World
To stay or settle down, as for the night.
Webster's New World
To rest or sleep.
American Heritage
To come back home.
Wiktionary
Alternative form of roust.
Wiktionary
idiom
come home to roost
- To have repercussions or aftereffects, especially unfavorable ones:
The consequences of your mistake will eventually come home to roost.
American Heritage
rule the roost
- To be in charge; dominate:
In this house my parents rule the roost.
American Heritage
come home to roost
- to have repercussions, esp. disagreeable ones; boomerang
Webster's New World
rule the roost
- to be master
Webster's New World
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Origin of Roost
Middle English rooste from Old English hrōst
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
From Old English hrōst.
From Wiktionary
From Old Norse rōst
From Wiktionary
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