roost

Betekenis (Engels)

Noun

1. The place where a bird sleeps (usually its nest or a branch).
2. A group of birds roosting together.
3. A bedroom.
4. The open cross-joists or inner roof of a cottage or living space.

Verb

1. To settle on a perch in order to sleep or rest.
2. To spend the night.

Verb

Alternative form of roust

Uitgespreek as (IPA)

/ɹuːst/

Etimologie (Engels)

From Middle English roste (“chicken's roost; perch”), from Old English hrōst (“wooden framework of a roof; roost”), from Proto-West Germanic *hrōst, from Proto-Germanic *hrōstaz (“wooden framework; grill”); see *raustijan.
Cognate with Dutch roest (“roost”), German Low German Rust (“roost”), German Rost (“grate; gridiron; grill”).