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roost
5 ENTRIES FOUND:
plural roosts
plural roosts
Learner's definition of ROOST
[count]
: a place where birds rest or sleep（鸟的）栖息处
rule the roost
informal : to have the most control or authority in a group当家做主
- In my small elementary school, bullies ruled the roost.我所在的那所规模不大的小学里，几个恶霸学生横行校园。
2 roost /ˈruːst/ verb
roosts; roosted; roosting
2 roost
/ˈruːst/
verb
roosts; roosted; roosting
Learner's definition of ROOST
[no object] of a bird
: to rest or sleep somewhere（鸟）栖息
- Pigeons roost on the building's ledge.鸽子在这个建筑的房檐上栖息。
come home to roost
◊ If something from your past comes home to roost or your/the chickens come home to roost, you experience problems that you deserve because they are caused by your past actions or are like the problems you have caused for other people.自食其果；遭到报应
- Her bad decisions are coming home to roost.她的错误决定让她自食其果。
- He's been cheating people for years but now the chickens are (finally) coming home to roost. [=he is getting what he deserves]几年来他一直在骗人，现在他（终于）遭到了报应。
roosted; roosting; roosts
: to supply a roost for or put to roost
Example Sentences
Verb Pigeons roost on the building's ledge. pigeons flying home to roost on the roof
Recent Examples on the Web
Lauren Hubbard, Town & Country, 10 June 2022 Around sunrise on winter mornings, the birds—found across Europe, North Africa and western Asia—leave their roost all at once, creating large, noisy masses in the sky. Margaret Osborne, Smithsonian Magazine, 23 June 2022 Preschool fare and short-form docs ruled the roost at this year’s MIFA TV pitch session, with more than half the projects boasting episodes running under eight minutes in length, and nearly just as many titles aimed at the under-five crowd. Ben Croll, Variety, 18 June 2022 Look no further than this Upper East Side apartment, designed by Alex Papachristidis, where purple tones rule the roost. Kelsey Mulvey, ELLE Decor, 19 July 2022 Scientists think a murmuration is a visual invitation to attract other starlings to join a group night roost. Tom Langen, The Conversation, 14 Mar. 2022 On the streaming-video outlet HBO Max, however, WarnerMedia sees opportunities to give sponsors a new roost amid its library of motion pictures. Brian Steinberg, Variety, 8 Mar. 2022 Creem rose in an age when rock ruled the musical roost and shaped the personal identities of generations. Brian Mccollum, Detroit Free Press, 1 June 2022 Today the Fed, other central banks, and fiscal authorities around the world understand that inflation and unemployment naturally rise or fall together when supply shocks rule the roost. Alan S. Blinder, WSJ, 28 Apr. 2022 Dan Snierson, EW.com, 17 Aug. 2022 As Curtis tells it, season 2 of Raising Kanan sees many of the first season’s proverbial chickens coming home to roost, and characteristics and plot points seen later on in Power begin to take true form. Rivea Ruff, Essence, 20 July 2022 The host of factors bedeviling our national economy have come home to roost. Frederick Peters, Forbes, 5 July 2022 Chickens do tend to come home to roost though, eventually. Gary Marcus, Scientific American, 6 June 2022 Flocks of jackdaws have been observed squawking their way toward consensus on where to collectively fly and roost next. The Week Staff, The Week, 3 June 2022 In March and April, thousands of shorebirds pass through the Fraser Delta, including western sandpipers, which stop to feed and roost en route to their breeding grounds in the Arctic. Sandra Macgregor, Forbes, 5 May 2022 Investors seem to think Tesla will rule the auto roost a decade from now and leave the legacy giants in the dust. David Meyer, Fortune, 31 Jan. 2022 This erasure comes home to roost and undermines the season finale when Bonnet finally returns home — to his plantation — and shares his war stories. Nina Metz, chicagotribune.com, 7 Apr. 2022 See More
Noun
The Shelby family might rule the roost in Peaky Blinders, but in real life, the gang looked decidedly different. Lauren Hubbard, Town & Country, 10 June 2022 Around sunrise on winter mornings, the birds—found across Europe, North Africa and western Asia—leave their roost all at once, creating large, noisy masses in the sky. Margaret Osborne, Smithsonian Magazine, 23 June 2022 Preschool fare and short-form docs ruled the roost at this year’s MIFA TV pitch session, with more than half the projects boasting episodes running under eight minutes in length, and nearly just as many titles aimed at the under-five crowd. Ben Croll, Variety, 18 June 2022 Look no further than this Upper East Side apartment, designed by Alex Papachristidis, where purple tones rule the roost. Kelsey Mulvey, ELLE Decor, 19 July 2022 Scientists think a murmuration is a visual invitation to attract other starlings to join a group night roost. Tom Langen, The Conversation, 14 Mar. 2022 On the streaming-video outlet HBO Max, however, WarnerMedia sees opportunities to give sponsors a new roost amid its library of motion pictures. Brian Steinberg, Variety, 8 Mar. 2022 Creem rose in an age when rock ruled the musical roost and shaped the personal identities of generations. Brian Mccollum, Detroit Free Press, 1 June 2022 Today the Fed, other central banks, and fiscal authorities around the world understand that inflation and unemployment naturally rise or fall together when supply shocks rule the roost. Alan S. Blinder, WSJ, 28 Apr. 2022 Verb
Better Call Saul would also frame a tragic story around transformation, as well as a simple karmic concept that haunted Walt: Chickens always come home to roost. Dan Snierson, EW.com, 17 Aug. 2022 As Curtis tells it, season 2 of Raising Kanan sees many of the first season’s proverbial chickens coming home to roost, and characteristics and plot points seen later on in Power begin to take true form. Rivea Ruff, Essence, 20 July 2022 The host of factors bedeviling our national economy have come home to roost. Frederick Peters, Forbes, 5 July 2022 Chickens do tend to come home to roost though, eventually. Gary Marcus, Scientific American, 6 June 2022 Flocks of jackdaws have been observed squawking their way toward consensus on where to collectively fly and roost next. The Week Staff, The Week, 3 June 2022 In March and April, thousands of shorebirds pass through the Fraser Delta, including western sandpipers, which stop to feed and roost en route to their breeding grounds in the Arctic. Sandra Macgregor, Forbes, 5 May 2022 Investors seem to think Tesla will rule the auto roost a decade from now and leave the legacy giants in the dust. David Meyer, Fortune, 31 Jan. 2022 This erasure comes home to roost and undermines the season finale when Bonnet finally returns home — to his plantation — and shares his war stories. Nina Metz, chicagotribune.com, 7 Apr. 2022 See More Word History
Etymology
Noun
Middle English, from Old English hrōst; akin to Old Saxon hrōst attic
First Known Use
Noun
before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a
Verb
1530, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense 1
Time Traveler
The first known use of roost was before the 12th century Phrases Containing roost
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