roost

English

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɹuːst/
  • Rhymes: -uːst

Etymology 1

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”).

Noun

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.
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Verb

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

  1. (of birds) sleep.
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Etymology 2

From Old Norse róst

Noun

roost (plural roosts)

  1. (Shetland and Orkney) A tidal race.

Etymology 3

Verb

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

  1. Alternative form of roust

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Manx

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ruːs/

Noun

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

  1. peel, rind
  2. bark

Verb

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
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