roost

English

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -uːst

Etymology 1

From Old English hrōst.

Noun

roost (plural roosts)

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

     He clapped his wings upon his roost.

2. A group of birds roosting together.

Derived terms

• rule the roost

Translations

place for sleeping birds

• Czech: kurník (cs) m
• Finnish: nukkumapaikka
• Italian: pollaio m
• Latvian: lakta (lv) f
• Polish: grzęda (pl)

• Russian: насе́ст (ru) m (nasést)
• Scottish Gaelic: (branch or rod) spiris f
• Serbo-Croatian: кокошињац m, kokošinjac m
• Spanish: gallinero m, pajarera (es) f

Verb

roost (third-person singular simple present roosts, present participle roosting, simple past and past participle roosted)

1. (of birds) sleep.
2. to come back home

Translations

of birds: to sleep

• Finnish: nukkua (fi)

• Italian: appollaiarsi (it)

to come back home

• Finnish: palata kotiin (fi)

Etymology 2

From Old Norse rōst

Noun

roost (plural roosts)

1. (UK, Shetland and Orkney) A tidal race.

Etymology 3

Verb

roost (third-person singular simple present roosts, present participle roosting, simple past and past participle roosted)

1. Alternative form of roust.

Anagrams

• roots, stoor, torso

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Manx

Etymology

From Old Irish rúsc, from Proto-Celtic *rūsklo- (compare Welsh rhisgl).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ruːs/

Noun

roost m

1. peel, rind
2. bark

Verb

roost (verbal noun roostey)

1. to strip, peel, hull, rind, unbark
2. to rob
3. to bare
4. to debunk
5. to rifle
6. to deprive