roost
🇺🇸
/ruːst/
🇬🇧
/ruːst/
noun
R
A place where birds go to rest or sleep, often on a branch or in a nest.
The chickens returned to their roost at sunset.
verb
R
To settle down or find a place to rest, often referring to birds finding a place to sleep.
After a long day of flying, the birds roosted in the tall trees.
translation
A place where birds go to rest or sleep, often on a branch or in a nest.
To settle down or find a place to rest, often referring to birds finding a place to sleep.
Word Forms
3rd Present
roosts
Past
roosted
Perfect
roosted
Progressive
roosting
Plural
roosts