1
a
: a support on which birds rest
b
: a place where winged animals and especially birds customarily roost
2
: a group of birds roosting together
roosted; roosting; roosts
1
: to settle down for rest or sleep : perch
2
: to settle oneself as if on a roost
: to supply a roost for or put to roost
Examples of roost in a Sentence
Verb
Pigeons roost on the building's ledge.
pigeons flying home to roost on the roof
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Nick Rosenberger, Idaho Statesman, 4 Mar. 2025
One morning in early August, the researchers went to the roost and found that the juveniles, all of them, had disappeared.
—Nick Paumgarten, The New Yorker, 10 Feb. 2025
Marcia Desanctis, airmail.news, 16 Nov. 2024
But as the spending boom waned, some retailers saw problems with their businesses come home to roost.
—Cory Smith, Baltimore Sun, 7 Feb. 2025
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Noun
Rudy the Rooster had yet to find his roost on the Capri Restaurant.
—Nick Rosenberger, Idaho Statesman, 4 Mar. 2025
One morning in early August, the researchers went to the roost and found that the juveniles, all of them, had disappeared.
—Nick Paumgarten, The New Yorker, 10 Feb. 2025
Verb
The dolce vita playgrounds of Portofino and Santa Margherita Ligure are less than 30 miles from central Genoa, and a few miles west roost the pastel villages of the Cinque Terre.
—Marcia Desanctis, airmail.news, 16 Nov. 2024
But as the spending boom waned, some retailers saw problems with their businesses come home to roost.
—Cory Smith, Baltimore Sun, 7 Feb. 2025
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“Roost.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/roost. Accessed 22 Mar. 2025.
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