roost

== English == === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ɹuːst/ (Standard Southern British) IPA(key): /ɹʉwst/ (General American) IPA(key): /ɹust/ (Australian, New Zealand) IPA(key): /ɹʉːst/ (Wales) IPA(key): /ɾuːst/ (foot-goose merger) (Scotland) IPA(key): /ɾʉst/ (Northern Ireland) IPA(key): /ɻʉst/ Rhymes: -uːst === Etymology 1 === From Middle English roste (“chicken's roost; perch”), from Old English hrōst (“wooden framework of a roof; roost”), from Proto-West Germanic *hrōst, from Proto-Germanic *hrōstaz (“wooden framework; grill”); see *raustijan. Cognate with Dutch roest (“roost”), German Low German Rust (“roost”), German Rost (“grate; gridiron; grill”). ==== Noun ==== roost (plural roosts) The place where a bird sleeps (usually its nest or a branch). A group of birds roosting together. A bedroom. (Scotland) The open cross-joists or inner roof of a cottage or living space. (Australian rules football) A kick which causes the ball to travel a long distance. Synonym of perch (“a position that is secure and advantageous”). ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Translations ===== ==== Verb ==== roost (third-person singular simple present roosts, present participle roosting, simple past and past participle roosted) (intransitive, of flying vertebrates) To settle on a perch in order to sleep or rest. (figurative) To spend the night. (transitive, Australian rules football) To kick (a ball) a long distance. ===== Derived terms ===== aroost rooster the chickens come home to roost ===== Translations ===== === Etymology 2 === ==== Noun ==== roost (plural roosts) (Shetland and Orkney) Alternative form of roust (“a strong tide or current”). === Etymology 3 === ==== Verb ==== roost (third-person singular simple present roosts, present participle roosting, simple past and past participle roosted) Alternative form of roust. === Anagrams === Toors, stoor, torso, rotos, ostro, toros, Oorts, Sorto, roots == Manx == === Etymology === From Old Irish rúsc, from Proto-Celtic *rūskos (compare Welsh rhisgl). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ruːst/, [ruːs] === Noun === roost m (genitive singular roost, plural roostyn) peel, rind bark ==== Derived terms ==== neuroostit (“unbarked”) === Verb === roost (verbal noun roostey, past participle rooisht) to strip, peel, hull, rind, unbark to rob to bare to debunk to rifle to deprive == Middle English == === Noun === roost alternative form of roste (“roast”)