Roost

Definition: Roost

Roost

Noun

1. A shelter with perches for fowl or other birds.

2. A perch on which domestic fowl rest or sleep.

Verb

1. Sit, as on a branch; "The birds perched high in the treee".

2. Settle down or stay, as if on a roost.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "roost" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1749. (references)

Literature

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Synonyms: Roost

Abode

Nest, nidus, snuggery; arbor, bower; lair, den, cave, hole, hiding place, cell, sanctum sanctorum, aerie, eyrie, eyry, rookery, hive; covert, resort, retreat, perch, roost; nidification; kala jagah.

Authority

Have the upper hand, get the upper hand, have the whip, get the whip; gain a hold upon, preponderate, dominate, rule the roost; boss; override, overrule, overawe; lord it over, hold in hand, keep under, make a puppet of, lead by the nose, turn round one's little finger, bend to one's will, hold one's own, wear the breeches; have the ball at one's feet, have it all one's own way, have the game in one's own hand, have on the hip, have under one's thumb; be master of the situation; take the lead, play first fiddle, set the fashion; give the law to; carry with a high hand; lay down the law; "ride in the whirlwind and direct the storm"; rule with a rod of iron; (severity).

Inexpedience

Super-excellence, supereminence; superiority; perfection; coup de maitre; masterpiece, chef d'ouvre, prime, flower, cream, elite, pick, A, nonesuch, nonpareil, creme de la creme, flower of the flock, salt of the earth; champion; prodigy.

Master

Lord of the ascendant; cock of the roost; gray mare; mistress.

Presence

People; inhabit, dwell, reside, stay, sojourn, live, abide, lodge, nestle, roost, perch; take up one's abode; (be located); tenant.

Crosswords: Roost

Manx (bark, peel, rind).

El Pollo has come home to roost. How's Beverly (Will & Grace; writing credit: Evan Weinstein)

She rules the roost. Minnie can do anything (The Osbournes; writing credit: Liliana Abud; Jaime García Estrada)

Robbers' Roost (1955)

Wrangler's Roost (1941)

Robbers' Roost (1932)

The Boss of Rustler's Roost (1928)

Stone Age Roost Robber (1916)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Books

• Chicken's Come Home to Roost (reference)

• Home to roost (reference)

• Pigeon Roost (reference)

• The Adventures of Roopster Roux: Escape from Vulture's Roost (Adventures of Roopster Roux, No 4) (reference)

• What Do You Do When AIDS Comes Home To Roost With Grandma? (reference)

  (more book examples)

Theater & Movies

• Home to Roost (reference)

  (more DVD examples; more video examples)

Music

• Complete Blue Note and Roost Recordings [BOX SET] (reference)

• Live at the Royal Roost 1948 [Unique Jazz] [LIVE] (reference)

• The Complete Roost Recordings [BOX SET] (reference)

  (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

This image was taken after the oil spill but before restoration construction of the marsh platforms. Birds roost at the restoration site. Credit: NOAA Restoration Center.

Scott Gudes uses a long handled boat hook to remove monofilament from the upper branches of mangroves where birds roost and may become entangled. Credit: NOAA Restoration Center.

A single Brown Pelican rests on the water in Tampa Bay. Brown Pelicans are one of the species that benefit from the monofilament clean-up that is organized yearly by Tampa Baywatch. Brown Pelicans and other birds fall victim to discarded monofilament fishing line when they roost on estuary islands. Credit: NOAA Restoration Center.

A heron sits on the dock alongside the water. Numerous species of herons live and roost in the waters that surround Tampa Bay. Credit: NOAA Restoration Center.

A motmot bird who thought he'd found a quiet place to roost for the night. Credit: Small World.

Home to roost at last!. Credit: Library of Congress.

Primitive chicken roost, carved out of hollow log, on farm of rehabilitation client, Boone County, Arkansas. Credit: Library of Congress.

Chicken roost made with limbs of trees, El Indio, Texas. Credit: Library of Congress.

Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Health

Silver-haired bats often roost in tree cavities or in bark crevices on tree trunks, especially during migration. (references)

Economic History

Uae

Danish, French and Brazilian chicken have ruled the roost in the UAE poultry market, but US. suppliers of whole birds and especially parts like leg quarters can cut out a bigger share for themselves. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Expressions using "roost": At roost ♦ chicken roost ♦ cock of the roost ♦ duck roost ♦ go to roost ♦ rule the roost. Additional references.

Ending with "roost": hen-roost, pre-roost, winter-roost.

Albanian

rri mbi hu, shkop (bat, baton, Billy, cane, cudgel, pointer, pole, rod, staff, stick, truncheon, walking stick), purtekë (perch, pole, rod, scull), kotec (Cote, hencoop, henhouse, hutch, pen), hu (Dick, picket, piquet, pole, post, stake). (various references)

Arabic 

‏مجثم الطائر (perch), ‏حط على القصن, ‏طير جاثم, ‏جثم (crouch, perch, squat), ‏أقام (banquet, build, dwell, erect, establish, home, institute, live, locate, lodge, occupy, perch, reinstate, reside, sojourn, stay, tenant), ‏بات (bed, categorical, decisive, home, square, unqualified). (various references)

Bulgarian 

силен морски прилив, курник (hen house), кокошарник (coop, hen house, hen-roost), място за спане (doss), прът на който спят кокошките, прибирам се да спя, прибирам за спане. (various references)

Chinese 

棲 (to roost), 榤 (a stump on which chickens roost), � � (to roost), �' (hen roost). (various references)

Czech

sedìt na hřadì, hřad (hen-roost, perch). (various references)

Danish

skraedder (bird cage, bird swing, birdcage, chicken roost), siddestang (hen perch, hen roost), fuglepind (bird cage, bird swing, birdcage, chicken roost). (various references)

Dutch

roest (rust), vogelkooi (bird cage, bird swing, birdcage, chicken roost), stok (baton, cane, stick), kippenrek (hen perch, hen roost), antenne (aerial, antenna). (various references)

Farsi 

منزل کرن , نشیمنگاه پرنده , لانه مرغ (Aviary), جای شب بسربردن , شب بسربردن , بیتوته کردن (Lodge). (various references)

Finnish

orsi (perch, rafter). (various references)

French

se jucher, pioncer, perchoir (chicken roost, hen roost), percher, juchoir (hen roost), jucher. (various references)

German

stange (bar, Barre, bit, bone, branch, brush, crossbar, perch, pole, rail, rod, stick), sich niederlassen (alight, ensconce, establish oneself, establishing, lie down, light, perch, set up in business, set up shop, settle, settle down, sit down), Schlafplatz (place to sleep), schlafen (be asleep, be quiet, nod, sleep, slumber, to sleep, to sleep (slept), hühnerstange (perch), hühnerstall (chicken coop, hen house, henhouse), hühnerhaus (chicken coop, henhouse). (various references)

Greek 

κουρνιάζω (nest, perch). (various references)

Hebrew 

מוט (bar, boom, gad, pole, rod, shaft, staff, stake, yoke), לול (chickencoop, hen house, hencoop), תר� �'ול (rooster). (various references)

Hungarian

pihenőhely (bait, lay-by, rest room, resting-place, restroom), hálóhely (berth, bunk, sack). (various references)

Indonesian

bertengger (be perched on a branch, settle down, stay). (various references)

Italian

posatoio (perch), pertica (perch, pole), dormire (be asleep, shake down, sleep), appollaiarsi (perch). (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

亭主関白 (a husband who rules the roost, the hectoring of the husband). (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

ていしゅか�"ぱく (a husband who rules the roost, the hectoring of the husband). (various references)

Manx

goll er y clat chiark, goll er farrar, goll dy lhie (retire, set), farrar (deathwatch, vigil, wake for the dead). (various references)

Pig Latin

oostray.(various references)

Portuguese

quarto de dormir (bedroom), pousada (inn, lodging), cama (bed, couch, kip, lying, shikar), alojar-se (stay), alcandorar-se (boast, perch, plume oneself, soar), albergar (provide lodging for, shelter). (various references)

Romanian

stinghie pe care se culcã gãinile, stinghie (groin, perch, slat), se cocoţa (sit), gãzdui pentru noapte, culcuş (bed, couch, lair, Lodge, shelter), cracã (arm, bough, branch, branching, limb). (various references)

Russian 

усаживаться на насест, садиться на насест/ насест, спальня (bedchamber, bedroom, dorm, dormitory), курятник (chicken coop, co op, hencoop, hen-coop, henhouse, hen-house, hennery), насест (henroost, hen-roost, perch), постель (bed, bedside). (various references)

Scottish

spiris (a hen-roost, hammock, hen roost), sp� rdan (a roost), faradh (a roost). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

leglo (aerie, brood, covey, hatch, hotbed, source), kokošinjac (chicken coop, coop, hen house, hencoop, henhouse, pen), biti u kokošinjcu. (various references)

Spanish

percha (bar, clothes hanger, clothes peg, coat hanger, hanger, peg, perch, rack, yoke), pasar la noche (lay over, spend the night, stay over), gallinero (chickencoop, chick-run, coop, gods, hencoop, henhouse, peanut gallery, pen, poultry house), dormir en una percha, dormir (be asleep, bunk down, doss, doze, kip, live, sleep, slumber). (various references)

Swedish

hönspinne (perch), hönshus (hen house, henhouse). (various references)

Thai

นอนบนคอน, ที่พักอาศัยชั่วคราว, คอนสำหรับนกเกาะนอน. (various references)

Turkish

tünemek (perch, settle, sit), tünek (henroost, perch), tüneğe konmak, konaklamak (be billeted, camp, put up, stop off, stop over), gecelemek (put up, sleep, spend the night). (various references)

Ukrainian

сідати на сідало (perch), сідало (perch), улаштовуватися на ночівлю, спальня (bedchamber, bedder, bedroom, chamber, dorm), курник (coop, hencoop, henhouse). (various references)

Welsh

clwydo, clwyd (gate, hurdle). (various references)

Derivations

Words beginning with "roost": roosted, rooster, roosters, roosting, roosts. (additional references)

Misspellings

"Roost" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Drost, frokost, goost, orhoit, orst, Proost, raust, resoot, riost, roaset, roest, roomset, roosa, roose, rooste, rootsy, rosit, roso, rosor, Rosow, rosta, rosti, rouat, Royst, rrost, rusht, rusot, Rustu. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Direct Anagrams: roots, rotos, toros, torso.

-1 letter: oots, orts, root, roto, rots, soot, sort, toro, tors.

-2 letters: oot, ors, ort, rot, sot, too, tor.

-3 letters: or, os, so, to.

+1 letter: motors, robots, roosts, rotors, strook, torose, torous, torsos, troops.

+2 letters: booster, cohorts, consort, cooters, crotons, disroot, doctors, enroots, foetors, footers, gosport, grottos, hooters, hotrods, looters, mooters, nitroso, octrois, orators, outrows, outsoar, poorest, protons, provost, ratoons, reboots, reshoot, retools, riotous, risotto, roosted, rooster, rooters, scooter, sheroot, shooter, soother, sootier, stooker, stooper, thorons, toolers, tooters, toreros, toroids, torpors, torsion, trogons, tsooris, unroots, uproots.