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Definition of roost
1a : a support on which birds restb : a place where winged animals and especially birds customarily roost
2 : a group of birds roosting together
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Recent Examples of roost from the Web
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As the sky blackens and the stars and planets become visible, birds will fly back to their roosts.
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Both vultures, black and turkey, getting off their roosts and catching the mid-morning thermals. 4: More water.
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Gary Vonderohe, a fish biologist in the department's Charleston office, said the man found them in his yard - beneath a tree used as a roost by cormorants.
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This means, Pippa and James will one day rule the roost of the spectacular property.
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This means, Pippa and James will one day rule the roost of the spectacular property.
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During the day urban crows rummage and build nests in a specific spot, in a specific neighborhood, then decamp for the evening to a massive, crowded roost outside the city—their own crow planet— and report back to the neighborhoods each morning.
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But two days are seeing some substantial changes, as Shark Tank moves from its longtime Friday roost to anchor Sunday nights with game show To Tell the Truth — ceding Friday to genre drama.
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The cocktail queen rules the roost at Café Moderne in the hip 11th arrondissement just a short walk from Bastille.
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Origin and Etymology of roost
Middle English, from Old English hrōst; akin to Old Saxon hrōst attic
roost
Definition of roost
intransitive verb
1 : to settle down for rest or sleep : perch
2 : to settle oneself as if on a roost
transitive verb
: to supply a roost for or put to roost
Examples of roost in a Sentence
Pigeons roost on the building's ledge.
pigeons flying home to roost on the roof
Recent Examples of roost from the Web
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In Stone’s universe, this is a truth that the people of the United States must understand: that the U.S.’s hostile acts abroad have consequences, that chickens ultimately come home to roost.
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The only witnesses were his fellow birds roosting in the same tree who fluttered down to watch him take his last breaths.
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It was already known that the reptiles hang from the ceiling at the cave entrance and catch Jamaican fruit bats that roost inside.
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Some will say all this turmoil is the inevitable backlash of fame and fortune coming home to roost.
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Diane Mattox was living on a small farm in Boring in 1979, and got to witness her chickens heading back to roost when the sky turned dark.
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Some of the boas entered the passage that connected the roosting chamber with the entrance chamber, and hunted by suspending themselves from the ceiling and grabbing passing bats.
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Fusco discovered a parliament (that's the term) of long-eared owls roosting during the day in a dense thicket with shrubs and vines interspersed with larger trees.
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This year, biologists at the Crane Trust estimated around 400,000 cranes roosted at the migration’s peak between March 8 and 16.
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First Known Use of roost
1530
ROOST Defined for English Language Learners
roost
playDefinition of roost for English Language Learners
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: a place where birds rest or sleep
roost
Definition of roost for English Language Learners
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of a bird : to rest or sleep somewhere
ROOST Defined for Kids
Definition of roost for Students
roosted
;roosting
: to settle down for rest or sleep Sparrows roost in the trees.
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