Definition of Roost

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Definition of Roost

Roost

Roast.

See Roust, v. t.

The pole or other support on which fowls rest at night; a perch.

A collection of fowls roosting together.

To sit, rest, or sleep, as fowls on a pole, limb of a tree, etc.; to perch.

Fig.; To lodge; to rest; to sleep.

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Roost Quotations

London is a roost for every bird.
Benjamin Disraeli

The structure of a play is always the story of how the birds came home to roost.
Arthur Miller

I have to think that I think it's always been a horse race between this administration's temporary political acumen and their completely, utterly, totally bankrupt policies. And they're coming home to roost. It was always a question of time. These guys aren't conservative. These guys are radicals.
Bradley Whitford

That's what my mother did. And my father was the first person she'd met who treated her kindly. She was terrified of men, and she married a very meek, kind, dear man. And she had the upper hand. She ruled the roost.
Lynn Johnston

We have supported state terrorism against the Palestinians and black South Africans, and now we are indignant because the stuff we have done overseas is now brought right back to our own front yards. America's chickens are coming home to roost.
Jeremiah Wright

Sins, like chickens, come home to roost.
Charles W. Chesnutt

Roost Translations

roost in French is pioncer
roost in German is Schlafplatz, schlafen
roost in Italian is dormire
roost in Spanish is dormir

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