roost

• IPA^(key): /ɹuːst/
• Rhymes: -uːst

From Middle English roste (“chicken's roost; perch”), from Old English hrōst (“wooden framework of a roof; roost”), from Proto-Germanic *hrōstaz (“wooden framework; grill”). Cognate with Dutch roest (“roost”), German Low German Rust (“roost”), German Rost (“grate; gridiron; grill”).

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.
3. (Scotland) The inner roof of a cottage.

• rule the roost

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

1. (of birds) sleep.

From Old Norse róst

roost (plural roosts)

1. (Shetland and Orkney) A tidal race.

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

1. Alternative form of roust

• Sorto, Toors, ostro, roots, stoor, toros, torso

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

• IPA^(key): /ruːs/

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

1. peel, rind
2. bark

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

roost

1. Alternative form of roste (“roast”)