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单词 roosts
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roost

1 of 2

noun

ˈrüst How to pronounce roost (audio)
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

roost

2 of 2

verb

roosted; roosting; roosts

intransitive verb

1
: to settle down for rest or sleep : perch
2
: to settle oneself as if on a roost

transitive verb

: to supply a roost for or put to roost

Synonyms

Verb

  • alight
  • land
  • light
  • perch
  • settle
  • touch down
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Example Sentences

Verb Pigeons roost on the building's ledge. pigeons flying home to roost on the roof
Recent Examples on the Web
Noun
The Shelby family might rule the roost in Peaky Blinders, but in real life, the gang looked decidedly different. Lauren Hubbard, Town & Country, 10 June 2022 Around sunrise on winter mornings, the birds—found across Europe, North Africa and western Asia—leave their roost all at once, creating large, noisy masses in the sky. Margaret Osborne, Smithsonian Magazine, 23 June 2022 Preschool fare and short-form docs ruled the roost at this year’s MIFA TV pitch session, with more than half the projects boasting episodes running under eight minutes in length, and nearly just as many titles aimed at the under-five crowd. Ben Croll, Variety, 18 June 2022 Look no further than this Upper East Side apartment, designed by Alex Papachristidis, where purple tones rule the roost. Kelsey Mulvey, ELLE Decor, 19 July 2022 Scientists think a murmuration is a visual invitation to attract other starlings to join a group night roost. Tom Langen, The Conversation, 14 Mar. 2022 On the streaming-video outlet HBO Max, however, WarnerMedia sees opportunities to give sponsors a new roost amid its library of motion pictures. Brian Steinberg, Variety, 8 Mar. 2022 Creem rose in an age when rock ruled the musical roost and shaped the personal identities of generations. Brian Mccollum, Detroit Free Press, 1 June 2022 Today the Fed, other central banks, and fiscal authorities around the world understand that inflation and unemployment naturally rise or fall together when supply shocks rule the roost. Alan S. Blinder, WSJ, 28 Apr. 2022
Verb
Better Call Saul would also frame a tragic story around transformation, as well as a simple karmic concept that haunted Walt: Chickens always come home to roost. Dan Snierson, EW.com, 17 Aug. 2022 As Curtis tells it, season 2 of Raising Kanan sees many of the first season’s proverbial chickens coming home to roost, and characteristics and plot points seen later on in Power begin to take true form. Rivea Ruff, Essence, 20 July 2022 The host of factors bedeviling our national economy have come home to roost. Frederick Peters, Forbes, 5 July 2022 Chickens do tend to come home to roost though, eventually. Gary Marcus, Scientific American, 6 June 2022 Flocks of jackdaws have been observed squawking their way toward consensus on where to collectively fly and roost next. The Week Staff, The Week, 3 June 2022 In March and April, thousands of shorebirds pass through the Fraser Delta, including western sandpipers, which stop to feed and roost en route to their breeding grounds in the Arctic. Sandra Macgregor, Forbes, 5 May 2022 Investors seem to think Tesla will rule the auto roost a decade from now and leave the legacy giants in the dust. David Meyer, Fortune, 31 Jan. 2022 This erasure comes home to roost and undermines the season finale when Bonnet finally returns home — to his plantation — and shares his war stories. Nina Metz, chicagotribune.com, 7 Apr. 2022 See More

Word History

Etymology

Noun

Middle English, from Old English hrōst; akin to Old Saxon hrōst attic

First Known Use

Noun

before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a

Verb

1530, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense 1

Kids Definition

roost 1 of 2

noun

ˈrüst How to pronounce roost (audio)
: a place where birds rest or sleep

roost

2 of 2

verb

roosted; roosting
: to settle down for rest or sleep
Sparrows roost in the trees.

roosts

verb

present tense third-person singular of roost
1
as in perches
to come to rest after descending from the air pigeons flying home to roost on the roof

Synonyms & Similar Words

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  • perches
  • lands
  • lights
  • alights
  • touches down
  • settles
  • belly-lands
  • crash-lands

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • wings
  • rises
  • climbs
  • planes
  • ascends
  • arises
  • flies
  • takes off
  • glides
  • floats
  • soars
  • blasts off
  • hovers
  • hangs
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2
as in lodges
to establish or place comfortably or snugly a gang of friends had roosted themselves around the ski lodge's massive fireplace

Synonyms & Similar Words

  • perches
  • lodges
  • parks
  • nestles
  • positions
  • plants
  • houses
  • settles
  • installs
  • stations
  • ensconces
  • camps
  • burrows
  • anchors
  • locates
  • bivouacs
  • situates
  • deploys
  • emplaces
  • sets
  • curls up
  • harbors
  • fixes
  • camps (out)
  • digs in
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