roost : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: roost	by the DICT Development Group
6 results for roost
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
roost n a shelter with perches for fowl or other birds a perch on which domestic fowl rest or sleep v sit, as on a branch; "The birds perched high in the tree" Synonym(s): perch, roost, rest settle down or stay, as if on a roost
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Roust \Roust\, n. [Cf. Icel. r[94]st an estuary.] A strong tide or current, especially in a narrow channel. [Written also {rost}, and {roost}.] --Jamieson.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Roost \Roost\, n. Roast. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Roost \Roost\, v. t. See {Roust}, v. t.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Roost \Roost\, n. [AS. hr[d3]st; akin to OD. roest roost, roesten to roost, and probably to E. roof. Cf. {Roof}.] 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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Roost \Roost\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Roosted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Roosting}.] 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.