roost
pronunciation
How to pronounce roost in British English:
UK [ru:st]
How to pronounce roost in American English:
US [rust]
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- Noun:
- a shelter with perches for fowl or other birds
- a perch on which domestic fowl rest or sleep
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- Verb:
- sit, as on a branch
- settle down or stay, as if on a roost
Word Origin
- roost (n.)
- late Old English hrost "wooden framework of a roof, perch for domestic fowl," from Proto-Germanic *hro(d)-st- (cognates: Old Saxon hrost "framework of a roof, attic," Middle Dutch, Flemish, Dutch roest "roost," Old Norse hrot, Gothic hrot "roof," of unknown origin. Exact relationship and ulterior connections unknown. Extended sense "hen-house" is from 1580s. To rule the roost is recorded from 1769.
- roost (v.)
- 1520s, from roost (n.). Related: Roosted; roosting. Chickens come home to roost in reference to eventual consequences of bad actions attested from 1824; the original proverb seems to have been curses, like chickens, come home to roost.
Example
- 1. Roost tackles that problem in two ways .
- 2. Each night before they roost , starlings swoop around the skies in spectacular formations .
- 3. Roost makes suggestions but pushes business owners to put a bit of thought and personality into it , too .
- 4. Lesson number 1 : fear and greed still rule the roost .
- 5. In other words , roost specializes in helping business owners who are clueless about social media or severely time-challenged or both .