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roost - Meaning and Examples

Meaning of 'roost' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Roost [ n.]
- Roast.
- The pole or other support on which fowls rest at night; a perch.
- A collection of fowls roosting together.
2 . Roost [ v. i.]
- To sit, rest, or sleep, as fowls on a pole, limb of a tree, etc.; to perch.
- Fig.; To lodge; to rest; to sleep.
3 . Roost [ v. t.]
- See Roust, v. t.

Meaning of 'roost' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . roost [ v]
Meaning (1):
- sit, as on a branch
Example in sentence:
  • The birds perched high in the tree