roost
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English[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
From Middle English roste (“chicken's roost; perch”), from Old English hrōst (“wooden framework of a roof; roost”), from Proto-Germanic *hrōstaz (“wooden framework; grill”). Cognate with Dutch roest (“roost”), German Low German Rust (“roost”), German Rost (“grate; gridiron; grill”).
Noun[edit]
roost (plural roosts)
- The place where a bird sleeps (usually its nest or a branch).
- Dryden
- He clapped his wings upon his roost.
- Dryden
- A group of birds roosting together.
- (Scotland) The inner roof of a cottage.
Derived terms[edit]
Translations[edit]
place for sleeping birds
Verb[edit]
roost (third-person singular simple present roosts, present participle roosting, simple past and past participle roosted)
- (of birds) sleep.
Translations[edit]
of birds: to sleep
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Etymology 2[edit]
Noun[edit]
roost (plural roosts)
Etymology 3[edit]
Verb[edit]
roost (third-person singular simple present roosts, present participle roosting, simple past and past participle roosted)
- Alternative form of roust
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Manx[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Old Irish rúsc, from Proto-Celtic *ruskos (compare Welsh rhisgl).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
roost m (genitive singular [please provide], plural [please provide])
Verb[edit]
roost (verbal noun roostey)
Middle English[edit]
Noun[edit]
roost
- Alternative form of roste (“roast”)
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