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a
: a support on which birds rest
b
: a place where winged animals and especially birds customarily roost
2
: a group of birds roosting together
roosted; roosting; roosts
1
: to settle down for rest or sleep : perch
2
: to settle oneself as if on a roost
: to supply a roost for or put to roost
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Examples of roost in a Sentence
Verb
Pigeons roost on the building's ledge.
pigeons flying home to roost on the roof
Recent Examples on the Web
Nick Romano, EW.com, 1 July 2024
The Gables roost has been fruitful in other ways, too.
—Andres Viglucci, Miami Herald, 9 June 2024
Rachel Uranga, Los Angeles Times, 20 June 2024
Swarms of birds large enough to appear on radar suddenly left the sky and roosted in trees.
—Doyle Rice, USA TODAY, 8 Apr. 2024
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Noun
Daemon arrives at the eerie castle of Harrenhal to claim the ancestral roost of House Strong and establish a stronghold in the Riverlands — even if everyone ends up being super chill and not putting up a fight.
—Nick Romano, EW.com, 1 July 2024
The Gables roost has been fruitful in other ways, too.
—Andres Viglucci, Miami Herald, 9 June 2024
Verb
Underneath the Yolo Causeway near Sacramento, where a nearly half-billion-dollar effort is underway to add toll lanes to Interstate 80 and ease congestion, swollen rivers fill wetlands in the winter season and bat colonies roost in the bridge’s grooves in warm months.
—Rachel Uranga, Los Angeles Times, 20 June 2024
Swarms of birds large enough to appear on radar suddenly left the sky and roosted in trees.
—Doyle Rice, USA TODAY, 8 Apr. 2024
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“Roost.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/roost. Accessed 15 Jul. 2024.
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