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a
: a support on which birds rest
b
: a place where winged animals and especially birds customarily roost
2
: a group of birds roosting together
roosted; roosting; roosts
1
: to settle down for rest or sleep : perch
2
: to settle oneself as if on a roost
: to supply a roost for or put to roost
Examples of roost in a Sentence
Verb
Pigeons roost on the building's ledge.
pigeons flying home to roost on the roof
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Ian Frazier, New Yorker, 5 May 2025
Few of them take the chance to become a top tennis player like Eala has done now, especially in a country where basketball rules the sporting roost.
—Matthew Futterman, New York Times, 26 Mar. 2025
Alice Yin, Chicago Tribune, 3 June 2025
All of this came to roost in Tesla’s most recent earnings report last week.
—Megan Poinski, Forbes.com, 30 Apr. 2025
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Noun
Their memory for places and for their home roost is unshakable, as homing pigeons have demonstrated.
—Ian Frazier, New Yorker, 5 May 2025
Few of them take the chance to become a top tennis player like Eala has done now, especially in a country where basketball rules the sporting roost.
—Matthew Futterman, New York Times, 26 Mar. 2025
Verb
Though state legislators still have time to work out a solution before that shortfall comes home to roost next year, transit advocates expressed disappointment at how negotiations fell apart despite years of warnings about the fiscal conundrum.
—Alice Yin, Chicago Tribune, 3 June 2025
All of this came to roost in Tesla’s most recent earnings report last week.
—Megan Poinski, Forbes.com, 30 Apr. 2025
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“Roost.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/roost. Accessed 10 Jun. 2025.
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