roost

n.

1. A perch on which domestic fowl or other birds rest or sleep.
2. A place with perches for fowl or other birds.
3. A place for temporary rest or sleep.

intr.v., roost·ed, roost·ing, roosts.

To rest or sleep on or as if on a perch or roost.

idioms:

come home to roost

1. To have repercussions or aftereffects, especially unfavorable ones: The consequences of your mistake will eventually come home to roost.

rule the roost Informal.

1. To be in charge; dominate: In this house my parents rule the roost.

[Middle English rooste, from Old English hrōst.]

Note: click on a word meaning below to see its connections and related words.

The noun has 2 meanings:

Meaning #1: a shelter with perches for fowl or other birds

Meaning #2: a perch on which domestic fowl rest or sleep

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The verb roost has 2 meanings:

Meaning #1: sit, as on a branch
  Synonyms: perch, rest

Meaning #2: settle down or stay, as if on a roost

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Dansk (Danish)
1.
n. - siddepind, sovested
v. intr. - sætte sig til hvile, tilbringe natten, sove

2.
n. - tidevandsstrømning (på Orkney- og Shetlandsøerne)

Nederlands (Dutch)
slaapplaats, kippenstok, nachthok, op stok gaan, overnachten

Français (French)
1.
n. - perchoir
v. intr. - percher (pour la nuit) (dans les arbres), se nicher

2.
n. - raz-de-marée (dans les îles Orkneys et Shetlands)

Deutsch (German)
1.
n. - Stange, Schlafplatz
v. - auf der Stange sitzen

2.
n. - starke Gezeitenströmung

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - κούρνια, ξύλο για κούρνιασμα, κοτέτσι
v. - κουρνιάζω

Italiano (Italian)
pollaio, appollaiarsi

Português (Portuguese)
n. - poleiro (m)
v. - alojar, dar guarida a alguém

Русский (Russian)
насест, ночлег, усесться на насест, остаться на ночлег

Español (Spanish)
1.
n. - varilla, percha, palo, gallinero
v. intr. - pasar la noche, posarse para dormir

2.
n. - marejada

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - sittpinne
v. - sitta uppflugen och sova

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
栖木, 休息所, 鸟窝, 栖息, 安歇

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 棲木, 休息所, 鳥窩
v. intr. - 棲息, 安歇

한국어 (Korean)
1.
n. - (닭의) 홰, 홰에 앉은 한 떼의 새, 쉬는 곳
v. intr. - 홰에 앉다, 자리에 눕다, 좌석에 앉다

2.
n. - 조수의 파동

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - とまり木, ねぐら, 休み場所, 止まり木
v. - とまり木にとまる, 着席する, 泊まる, 床につく, 休息所を与える

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) مسكن, مأوى, محثم الطائرة (فعل) يجثم, يبيت‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮מוט, לול, ענף, מקום לינה זמני‬
v. intr. - ‮נשאר ללון‬
n. - ‮גל אוקיינוס עצום (איי שטלנד ואורקני)‬

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