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roost

noun
/ɹuːst/UK/ɹust/US/ɹʉst/

Etymology

From Middle English roste (“chicken's roost; perch”), from Old English hrōst (“wooden framework of a roof; roost”), from Proto-West Germanic *hrōst, from Proto-Germanic *hrōstaz (“wooden framework; grill”); see *raustijan. Cognate with Dutch roest (“roost”), German Low German Rust (“roost”), German Rost (“grate; gridiron; grill”).

  1. inherited from *hrōstaz✻ — “wooden framework; grill”
  2. inherited from *hrōst✻
  3. inherited from hrōst — “wooden framework of a roof; roost”
  4. inherited from roste — “chicken's roost; perch”

Definitions

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

    • He clapp'd his wings upon his roost.

  2. A group of birds roosting together.

  3. A bedroom.

  4. ›+ 8 more definitions

    1. The open cross-joists or inner roof of a cottage or living space.

    2. A kick which causes the ball to travel a long distance.

    3. Synonym of perch (“a position that is secure and advantageous”).

    4. To settle on a perch in order to sleep or rest.

    5. To spend the night.

      • The UPS package centre for central London, a brief walk from Kentish Town tube station, holds a below-ground bay in which 170 vans roost every night.

    6. To kick (a ball) a long distance.

    7. Alternative form of roust (“a strong tide or current”).

    8. Alternative form of roust.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA