roost
verb/ruːst/
/ruːst/
[intransitive]Verb Forms
Idioms | present simple I / you / we / they roost | /ruːst/ /ruːst/ |
| he / she / it roosts | /ruːsts/ /ruːsts/ |
| past simple roosted | /ˈruːstɪd/ /ˈruːstɪd/ |
| past participle roosted | /ˈruːstɪd/ /ˈruːstɪd/ |
| -ing form roosting | /ˈruːstɪŋ/ /ˈruːstɪŋ/ |
- (of birds) to rest or go to sleep somewhereTopics Birdsc2Oxford Collocations DictionaryRoost is used with these nouns as the subject:
- bat
- hen
- owl
- …
Word OriginOld English hrōst, related to Dutch roest; of unknown ultimate origin.Want to learn more?
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Idioms
See roost in the Oxford Advanced American Dictionarysomething comes home to roost
(also the chickens come home to roost)
- used to say that if somebody says or does something bad or wrong, it will affect them badly in the future
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