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roost

[ roost ]

noun

  1. a perch upon which birds or fowls rest at night.
  2. a large cage, house, or place for fowls or birds to roost in.
  3. a place for sitting, resting, or lodging.


verb (used without object)

  1. to sit or rest on a roost, perch, etc.
  2. to settle or stay, especially for the night.

roost

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/ 谤耻藧蝉迟 /

noun

  1. a place, perch, branch, etc, where birds, esp domestic fowl, rest or sleep
  2. a temporary place to rest or stay
  3. rule the roost
    See rule
鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

verb

  1. intr to rest or sleep on a roost
  2. intr to settle down or stay
  3. come home to roost
    to have unfavourable repercussions
鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Roost

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/ 谤耻藧蝉迟 /

noun

  1. the Roost
    a powerful current caused by conflicting tides around the Shetland and Orkney Islands
鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Other 亚洲网紅露点 Forms

  • 耻苍路谤辞辞蝉迟顎侥诲 adjective
  • 耻苍路谤辞辞蝉迟顎僫苍驳 adjective
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of roost1

before 1100; Middle English roost (noun), Old English 丑谤艒蝉迟; cognate with Middle Dutch roest
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of roost1

Old English 丑谤艒蝉迟 ; related to Old Saxon hrost loft, German Rost grid

Origin of roost2

C16: from Old Norse 谤枚蝉迟
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Idioms and Phrases

Idioms
  1. come home to roost, (of an action) to revert or react unfavorably to the doer; boomerang:

    an evil deed that came home to roost and ruined his life.

  2. rule the roost, to be in charge or control; dominate:

    It was only too apparent that his grandfather ruled the roost.

More idioms and phrases containing roost

see chickens come home to roost ; rule the roost .
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Example Sentences

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According to Greenwald, the previous definition prevented acts like cutting down swaths of old-growth forests in Northern California and the Pacific Northwest where federally threatened northern spotted owls nest and roost.

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Expect to see and hear more chickens roosting in the next four years.

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She said the dominate theory behind murmurations is for the birds to avoid predators as they come to roost with "safety in numbers" by joining up in tight knit groups.

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Learning about the Fosters鈥 roost, dozens of people have asked them to go to their houses to retrieve necessities.

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California wildlife officials last year confirmed the presence of the fungus in a bat roost in Humboldt County, which sits on the northern coast.

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Definitions and idiom definitions from 亚洲网紅露点 Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, 漏 Random House, Inc. 2023

Idioms from The American Heritage庐 Idioms Dictionary copyright 漏 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.

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