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roost
(ro͞ost)n.
1. A place where winged animals, especially birds or bats, rest or sleep.
2. A group of animals in a roost.
3. A place for temporary rest or sleep: "One corner of the Panhandle served as a roost for outlaws, thieves, and killers" (Timothy Egan).
intr.v. roost·ed, roost·ing, roosts
Idioms: 1. To rest or sleep on a perch or in a roost.
2. To rest or sleep: "We roosted high on a hill with a bottle of cheap wine and a blanket" (Julie Auer).
come home to roost
To have repercussions or aftereffects, especially unfavorable ones: The consequences of your mistake will eventually come home to roost.
rule the roost Informal
To be in charge; dominate: In this house my parents rule the roost.
[Middle English rooste, from Old English hrōst.]
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roost
(ruːst)n
1. (Zoology) a place, perch, branch, etc, where birds, esp domestic fowl, rest or sleep
2. a temporary place to rest or stay
3. rule the roost See rule20
vb (intr)
4. (Zoology) to rest or sleep on a roost
5. to settle down or stay
6. come home to roost to have unfavourable repercussions
[Old English hrōst; related to Old Saxon hrost loft, German Rost grid]
Roost
(ruːst)n
(Physical Geography) the Roost a powerful current caused by conflicting tides around the Shetland and Orkney Islands
[C16: from Old Norse röst]
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roost
(rust)n.
1. a perch upon which birds or fowls rest at night.
2. a large cage, house, or other place for fowls or birds to roost in.
3. a place for resting or lodging.
v.i. 4. to sit or rest on a perch, branch, etc.
5. to settle or stay, esp. for the night.
Idioms: 1. come home to roost, (of an action) to react unfavorably on the doer; boomerang.
2. rule the roost, to be in charge or control; dominate.
[before 1100; Middle English roost (n.), Old English hrōst; c. Middle Dutch roest]
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Roost
a collection of fowls roosting together.Examples: roost of bats hanging from trees—David Attenborough; of fowls; of small birds, 1827.
Dictionary of Collective Nouns and Group Terms. Copyright 2008 The Gale Group, Inc. All rights reserved.
roost
Past participle: roosted
Gerund: roosting
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| Noun | 1. |  roost - a shelter with perches for fowl or other birdshenroost - a roost for hens at night perch - support consisting of a branch or rod that serves as a resting place (especially for a bird) shelter - protective covering that provides protection from the weather |
| 2. | roost - a perch on which domestic fowl rest or sleep perch - support consisting of a branch or rod that serves as a resting place (especially for a bird) | |
| Verb | 1. | roost - sit, as on a branch; "The birds perched high in the tree" |
| 2. | roost - settle down or stay, as if on a roost steady down, take root, settle down, root, settle - become settled or established and stable in one's residence or life style; "He finally settled down" |
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Translations
يَجْثُم
hřadhřadovatkurník
sovepind
kotiutuaorsi
elülülõ
fugla-/hænsnaprik; greinsitja/sofa á priki/grein
duoti tonątupėti ant laktos
laktatupēt uz laktas
tünektünemek
roost
[ruːst]B. VI
2. (fig) to come home to roost: now his policies have come home to roost → ahora su política produce su fruto amargo, ahora se están viendo los malos resultados de su política
these measures only camouflaged the real problem, now the chickens are coming home to roost → estas medidas no eran más que una manera de camuflar el problema y ahora se vuelven contra nosotros, estas medidas sólo camuflaban el problema y ahora se ve que fueron pan para hoy y hambre para mañana
these measures only camouflaged the real problem, now the chickens are coming home to roost → estas medidas no eran más que una manera de camuflar el problema y ahora se vuelven contra nosotros, estas medidas sólo camuflaban el problema y ahora se ve que fueron pan para hoy y hambre para mañana
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
roost
[ˈruːst]Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005
roost
n (= pole) → Stange f; (= henhouse) → Hühnerhaus nt → or -stall m; at roost → auf der Stange; to come home to roost (fig) → auf den Urheber zurückfallen ? cock, rule
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007
roost
[ruːst]Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
roost
(ruːst) noun a branch etc on which a bird rests at night.
verb (of birds) to sit or sleep on a roost.
ˈrooster noun (especially American) a farmyard cock.
rule the roost to be the person in a group, family etc whose orders, wishes etc are obeyed.
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