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roost

/ruːst/

/rust/

Translations

roostnoun

roosts

/ruːst/

/rust/

насест

The chickens returned to their roost at sunset.

Куры вернулись на свой насест на закате.

Additional translations

ночлег

гнездо

Synonyms

resting place

roostverb

roosted

Past Simple

roosted

Past Participle

roosting

Gerund

/ruːst/

/rust/

гнездиться

The birds roost in the trees every night.

Птицы гнездятся на деревьях каждую ночь.

Synonyms

roostadjective

Used attributively before another noun to denote connection with a bird's roost; normally ungradable.

Definitions

roostnoun

A place where birds regularly settle or congregate to rest at night.

The old barn served as a roost for the local owl population.

A perch on which domestic fowl or other birds rest or sleep.

The chickens returned to their roost as the sun began to set.

roostverb

To settle or congregate for rest or sleep, typically referring to birds.

The birds roost in the trees every evening as the sun sets.

To rest or settle in a place, often used metaphorically for people.

After a long day of hiking, they decided to roost at a cozy cabin in the woods.

roostadjective

Relating to or suitable for a bird’s resting place, used before another noun.

Conservationists identified several important roost trees along the river.