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roost

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noun

a perch upon which birds or fowls rest at night.

a large cage, house, or place for fowls or birds to roost in.

a place for sitting, resting, or lodging.

verb (used without object)

to sit or rest on a roost, perch, etc.

to settle or stay, especially for the night.

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Idioms

come home to roost, (of an action) to revert or react unfavorably to the doer; boomerang: an evil deed that came home to roost and ruined his life.

rule the roost, to be in charge or control; dominate: It was only too apparent that his grandfather ruled the roost.

Origin:
before 1100; Middle English roost (noun), Old English hrōst; cognate with Middle Dutch roest

Related forms

un·roost·ed, adjective

un·roost·ing, adjective

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And this meant, by and large, that she ruled the roost.

True, oligarchs rule the roost in both countries, with politicians as their puppets.

The swallow roost happens to be right in the flight path of aircraft that will be arriving and departing at the new airport.

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And this meant, by and large, that she ruled the roost.

True, oligarchs rule the roost in both countries, with politicians as their puppets.

The swallow roost happens to be right in the flight path of aircraft that will be arriving and departing at the new airport.

Find a safe roost out of the rain, but as soon as the sun returns, go out and enjoy.

Bald eagles and ospreys roost in the old cottonwoods that line the gravel shores.

Decorate your house with an owlish entry, tree tabletop, mantel as roost and owl goodie bags.

They find the high velocity potatoes a good reason to roost somewhere else.

It is a serene outpost, where the birds roost and feed before.

But the ruler of the roost likes things a certain way.

Much of the continent may view them with suspicion but they still rule the roost.

The researchers then attach a radio transmitter to each captured bat as a means of tracking it to its roost.

Evidence of this abounds, but conceited parents rule the roost.

Ophelia jumped up into the nesting box, then out onto the roost and then back into the box.

Bats that roost on hard cave ceilings must land softly to avoid injury.

In this second year of his presidency, to quote his formerly favourite preacher, his chickens will come home to roost.

Millions of these bats come to roost in the valley's trees and feed off the.

Chickens roost under the shade of a rusted-out thresher-binder.

For two decades, designers have ruled the roost at department stores.

Zapatero's chickens marching on their way back home to the roost.

Birds-the key to sustaining that diversity-flew from nearby forests to roost.

When chickens roost at night, sleep isn't all they do.

But it was not only long call nights that allowed physicians to rule the roost.

At last, the support the west provided for these dictatorships have come home to roost.

Or maybe it's the new roost of the nouveaux riches, with pricy brownstones and new luxury condominiums dotting its map.

Lo and behold, the chickens have come home to roost.

Both varieties live in groups that roost together at night in stands of trees.

Roost specializes in helping business owners who are clueless about social media or severely time-challenged or both.

For the malevolent, they are the chickens come home to roost.

Birds roost in the canopy, shellfish attach themselves to the roots, and snakes and crocodiles come to hunt.

In it the silver lining shines again and the long-lost father comes home to roost and forgive.

Apparently, the problems with fiat currencies are coming home to roost.

In winter, common ravens may gather in flocks to forage during the day and to roost at night.

The movers and shakers rule the roost and are praised.

Common vampire bats roost alone, in small groups, or in colonies of thousands.

Out the single window are towering locust trees where falcons and hawks occasionally roost.

Smaller birds such as kingfishers and pigeons roost in shrubs.

And now, the right's rhetorical chickens had finally come home to roost.

Birds returning to roost for the evening can sometimes be a frantic and chaotic event.

Antarctica is also the nest where man-made pollutants called chlorofluorocarbons come to roost.

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World English Dictionary

roost (ruːst)

—n
1.	a place, perch, branch, etc, where birds, esp domestic fowl, rest or sleep
2.	a temporary place to rest or stay
3.	rule the roost See rule

—vb
4.	(intr) to rest or sleep on a roost
5.	(intr) to settle down or stay
6.	come home to roost to have unfavourable repercussions

[Old English hrōst; related to Old Saxon hrost loft, German Rost grid]

Roost (ruːst)

—n
	the Roost a powerful current caused by conflicting tides around the Shetland and Orkney Islands

[C16: from Old Norse röst]

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Word Origin & History

roost

late O.E. hrost "wooden framework of a roof, perch," from a Gmc. source, related to O.S. hrost, M.Du., Flem., Du. roest, roost "framework of a roof," O.N. hrot, Goth. hrot "roof." Exact relationship and ulterior connections unknown. The verb is from 1530. To rule the roost is recorded from 1769.

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roost

see chickens come home to roost; rule the roost.

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