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Princeton's WordNet

  1. roostnoun

    a shelter with perches for fowl or other birds

  2. roostverb

    a perch on which domestic fowl rest or sleep

  3. perch, roost, restverb

    sit, as on a branch

    "The birds perched high in the tree"

  4. roostverb

    settle down or stay, as if on a roost

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

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  1. roost

    A roost is a place where birds or bats rest or sleep, usually a perch or a structure high above the ground. It's a place they regularly return to each day, often in groups. Roost can also refer to the act of birds or bats settling or congregating to rest or sleep.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Roostnoun

    roast

  2. Roostverb

    see Roust, v. t

  3. Roostnoun

    the pole or other support on which fowls rest at night; a perch

  4. Roostnoun

    a collection of fowls roosting together

  5. Roostverb

    to sit, rest, or sleep, as fowls on a pole, limb of a tree, etc.; to perch

  6. Roostverb

    fig.; To lodge; to rest; to sleep

  7. Etymology: [AS. hrst; akin to OD. roest roost, roesten to roost, and probably to E. roof. Cf. Roof.]

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary

  1. Roost

    rōōst, n. a pole or support on which a bird rests at night: a number of fowls resting together: (Scot.) the inner roof of a cottage.—v.i. to sit or sleep on a roost.—n. Roost′er, the male of the domestic fowl, cock: any bird that roosts.—At roost, roosting, asleep. [A.S. hróst; Dut. roest.]

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  1. Roost

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Dictionary of Nautical Terms

  1. roost

    A phrase applied to races of strong and furious tides, which set in between the Orkney and Shetland Islands, as those of Sumburgh and the Start.

Surnames Frequency by Census Records

  1. ROOST

    According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Roost is ranked #149395 in terms of the most common surnames in America.

    The Roost surname appeared 110 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 would have the surname Roost.

    92.7% or 102 total occurrences were White.
    4.5% or 5 total occurrences were Black.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of roost in Chaldean Numerology is: 5

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of roost in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6

Examples of roost in a Sentence

  1. Bill Brooks:

    I knew I had about a ten or 15 minute slot before sunset when the starlings would come in to roost under the pier and could murmurate, i wasnt expecting it to be so spectacular.

  2. Stanley Druckenmiller:

    The myopic policy makers have no endgame. They stumble from one short-term fiscal or monetary stimulus to the next, despite overwhelming evidence that they only produce an ephemeral 'sugar high' and grow unproductive debt that impedes long-term growth, the chickens are now coming home to roost.

  3. Steve Beck:

    The bad behavior is coming home to roost, customers are saying,' We've had enough. Wells Fargo's time to move on.'.

  4. Damian Collins:

    The chickens are finally coming home to roost and this sounds like a hugely significant development for FIFA.

  5. Bob Yawger:

    Exports are a big area for where the number came from. That's largely related to the sanctions on COSCO, which came home to roost.

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