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Webster 1913 Edition


Roost

Roost

,
Noun.
Roast.
[Obs.]
Chaucer.

Roost

,
Verb.
T.
See
Roust
,
Verb.
T.

Roost

,
Noun.
[AS.
hrōst
; akin to OD.
roest
roost,
roesten
to roost, and probably to E.
roof
. Cf.
Roof
.]
1.
The pole or other support on which fowls rest at night; a perch.
He clapped his wings upon his
roost
.
Dryden.
2.
A collection of fowls roosting together.
At roost
,
on a perch or roost; hence, retired to rest.

Roost

,
Verb.
I.
[
imp. & p. p.
Roosted
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Roosting
.]
1.
To sit, rest, or sleep, as fowls on a pole, limb of a tree, etc.; to perch.
Wordsworth.
2.
Fig.; To lodge; to rest; to sleep.
O, let me where thy roof my soul hath hid,
O, let me
roost
and nestle there.
Herbert.

Webster 1828 Edition


Roost

ROOST

, n.
The pole or other support on which fowls rest at night.
He clapp'd his wings upon his roost.
At roost, in a state for rest and sleep.

ROOST

, v.i.
1.
To sit, rest or sleep, as fowls on a pole, tree or other thing at night.
2.
To lodge, in burlesque.

Definition 2024


roost

roost

English

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
Translations

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

Etymology 2

From Old Norse rōst

Noun

roost (plural roosts)

  1. (Britain, 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


Manx

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ruːs/

Noun

roost m (genitive singular [please provide], plural [please provide])

  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