ADJ.
cool, high, specific
VERB + ROOST
burning, come, emerged, migrate, rules, wings
ROOST + NOUN
dusk, night, seasons, tonight
PREP.
during, from, in, upon
noun
The place where a bird sleeps (usually its nest or a branch).
He clapp'd his wings upon his roost.
A group of birds roosting together.
A bedroom.
The open cross-joists or inner roof of a cottage or living space.
A kick which causes the ball to travel a long distance.
verb
To settle on a perch in order to sleep or rest.
To spend the night.
The UPS package centre for central London, a brief walk from Kentish Town tube station, holds a below-ground bay in which 170 vans roost every night.
To kick (a ball) a long distance.
noun
Alternative form of roust (“a strong tide or current”).
Sometimes the whole tract swung to one side, like the tail of a live serpent; sometimes, for a glimpse, it would all disappear and then boil up again. What it was I had no guess, which for the time increased my fear of it; but I now know it must have been the roost or tide race, which had carried me away so fast and tumbled me about so cruelly, and at last, as if tired of that play, had flung out me and the spare yard upon its landward margin.
To have negative consequences (of an action in the past).
At some point, he warned, sentiment among foreign investors could turn against America's deteriorating fundamentals, triggering a sharp sell-off in U.S. stocks and bonds that would
To be the controlling member(s) of a family, organization, or other group.
His was biding his time, and patiently looking forward to the days when he himself would sit authoritative at some board, and talk and direct, and rule the roost, while lesser star
A proud or conceited person.
A person's past wrongdoings will return to negatively affect them.
1846, Lydia Maria Child, The Mother's Book, C.S. Francis & Co. (6th ed., 1st ed. from 1844), page 98. Never were truer words than the Spanish proverb, ‘All lies, like chickens, com
Alternative form of the chickens come home to roost.
1850, speech of Thomas W. Gibson, in H. Fowler, Report of the Debates and Proceedings of the Convention for the Revision of the Constitution of the State of Indiana, Indianapolis,
He clapp'd his wings upon his roost.
WiktionaryThe UPS package centre for central London, a brief walk from Kentish Town tube station, holds a below-ground bay in which 170 vans roost every night.
WiktionarySometimes the whole tract swung to one side, like the tail of a live serpent; sometimes, for a glimpse, it would all disappear and then boil up again. What it was I had no guess, which for the time in
WiktionaryCurses, like chickens, come home to roost.
Tatoeba · #35742At home it is Liisa who rules the roost.
Tatoeba · #2498259I'm thinking of burning your roost.
Tatoeba · #2772246i Register
In some senses, roost is marked as figuratively. Watch for register when choosing this word.