Thesaurus: roost

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1. n. Roast.
2. v. t. See Roust, v. t.
3. n. The pole or other support on which fowls rest at night; a perch.
4. n. A collection of fowls roosting together.
5. v. i. To sit, rest, or sleep, as fowls on a pole, limb of a tree, etc.; to perch.
6. v. i. Fig.; To lodge; to rest; to sleep.
7. n. a shelter with perches for fowl or other birds
8. n. a perch on which domestic fowl rest or sleep
9. v. sit, as on a branch
10. v. settle down or stay, as if on a roost
11. Roast. [Obs.] Chaucer. See Roust, v. t. 1. The pole or other support on which fowls rest at night; a perch. He clapped his wings upon his roost. Dryden. 2. A collection of fowls roosting together. At roost, on a perch or roost; hence, retired to rest. 1. To sit, rest, or sleep, as fowls on a pole, limb of a tree, etc.; to perch. Wordsworth. 2. Fig.; To lodge; to rest; to sleep. O, let me where thy roof my soul hath hid, O, let me roost and nestle there. Herbert.
12. Roast. [Obs.] Chaucer.