Roost
noun
A place where birds or bats rest or sleep.
Birds often come back to the same roost every night.
Often appears as...
- bird roost
- bat roost
verb
When a bird sleeps somewhere, often high up.
The hen has roosted in the tree.
Often appears as...
- roost in a tree
- hens roost
verb
To settle down for rest or sleep.
After the long journey, he roosted in his comfortable bed.
Often appears as...
- roost in bed
- roost for the night
Usage tips
Informal, Approving
Idiomatic
idiom
To take on responsibility or consequences of previous actions.
His bad decisions have finally come home to roost.
Often appears as...
- chickens come home to roost
- mistakes come home to roost
Usage tips
Disapproving
Idiomatic
noun
A place where birds or bats rest or sleep.
Birds often come back to the same roost every night.
Often appears as...
- bird roost
- bat roost
verb
When a bird sleeps somewhere, often high up.
The hen has roosted in the tree.
Often appears as...
- roost in a tree
- hens roost
verb
To settle down for rest or sleep.
After the long journey, he roosted in his comfortable bed.
Often appears as...
- roost in bed
- roost for the night
Usage tips
Informal, Approving
Idiomatic
idiom
To take on responsibility or consequences of previous actions.
His bad decisions have finally come home to roost.
Often appears as...
- chickens come home to roost
- mistakes come home to roost
Usage tips
Disapproving
Idiomatic
Definition 1 of 4
Pro Tip 1/3Physical Locations
Refers to actual places where animals sleep; not used for humans.
The naturalists found an eagle's roost high in the mountains.
Pro Tip 2/3Safety and Security
Suggests a roost is typically a safe, comfortable place for birds or bats.
The bats found a roost away from predators inside the cave.
Pro Tip 3/3Habitual Action
Animals often use the same roost regularly, demonstrating habit.
Swallows returned to their roost under the bridge each evening.
Pro Tip 1/3Physical Locations
Refers to actual places where animals sleep; not used for humans.
The naturalists found an eagle's roost high in the mountains.
Pro Tip 2/3Safety and Security
Suggests a roost is typically a safe, comfortable place for birds or bats.
The bats found a roost away from predators inside the cave.
Pro Tip 3/3Habitual Action
Animals often use the same roost regularly, demonstrating habit.
Swallows returned to their roost under the bridge each evening.
Pro Tip 1/3Physical Locations
Refers to actual places where animals sleep; not used for humans.
The naturalists found an eagle's roost high in the mountains.
Pro Tip 2/3Safety and Security
Suggests a roost is typically a safe, comfortable place for birds or bats.
The bats found a roost away from predators inside the cave.
Pro Tip 3/3Habitual Action
Animals often use the same roost regularly, demonstrating habit.
Swallows returned to their roost under the bridge each evening.
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Watch the Total Solar...
scream I might be afraid and also did you know that animals act super weird during they do yeah they don't know what's happening it's nighttime all of a sudden and so I was reading up on this dogs can sometimes get really scared you'll hear that birds will roost they'll actually go to bed for the night roosters will cockadoodledoo when the
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Small Creatures In Need...
which has affected numbers but due to ongoing development they have lost insect prey as well as roosting sites which is having a devastating effect on the species so tell us a bit about the process from when you rescue a swift to caring for it to eventually releasing it
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A riddle of ice and fire...
Each must have its own, officially acknowledged stomping ground. They’ll peacefully roost there unless their region borders another dragon of the same type, in which case the matching dragons will go on a rampage. However, fire and ice dragons can border each other,
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The nightmare videos of...
all these different pieces of attention, this desperate generation of content, all comes together into a single place. This is where all those deeply weird keywords come home to roost. You cross-breed the finger family video with some live-action superhero stuff,
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Samantha Power: Shaking...
as a country and as citizens in relationship to the world's worst places, the world's worst suffering, killers, and the kinds of killers that could come home to roost sometime in the future? The place that I turned to answer that question was to a man
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The Secret World of...
muscles burst into life and the dragonfly floats up into the afternoon sunshine the pale and fragile dragonfly must now find a quiet spot to roost while its exoskeleton hardens and develops the rich core scheme the adult running form
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Nicolas Perony: Puppies!...
which means that every time one of them enters one of these specially equipped bat boxes, we know where she is, and more importantly, we know with whom she is. So I study roosting associations in bats, and this is what it looks like.
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Bizarre Bat Moments PIPE...
each morning the male checks out all the females roosting on his branch courtship can be lengthy and intense 20 minutes of deep grooming licking the female's nether parts with a long roughened tongue
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Bats Dodge Crocodile...
chests is refreshing but more importantly it collects water in the hairs to lick off back at the roost and quench their thirst
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Finding Little Owls in...
I reckon there's probably a pair in there that's their little roosting hole. These guys mate for life.
Video examples
Watch the Total Solar...
scream I might be afraid and also did you know that animals act super weird during they do yeah they don't know what's happening it's nighttime all of a sudden and so I was reading up on this dogs can sometimes get really scared you'll hear that birds will roost they'll actually go to bed for the night roosters will cockadoodledoo when the
Video examples
Small Creatures In Need...
which has affected numbers but due to ongoing development they have lost insect prey as well as roosting sites which is having a devastating effect on the species so tell us a bit about the process from when you rescue a swift to caring for it to eventually releasing it
Video examples
A riddle of ice and fire...
Each must have its own, officially acknowledged stomping ground. They’ll peacefully roost there unless their region borders another dragon of the same type, in which case the matching dragons will go on a rampage. However, fire and ice dragons can border each other,
Video examples
The nightmare videos of...
all these different pieces of attention, this desperate generation of content, all comes together into a single place. This is where all those deeply weird keywords come home to roost. You cross-breed the finger family video with some live-action superhero stuff,
Video examples
Samantha Power: Shaking...
as a country and as citizens in relationship to the world's worst places, the world's worst suffering, killers, and the kinds of killers that could come home to roost sometime in the future? The place that I turned to answer that question was to a man
Video examples
The Secret World of...
muscles burst into life and the dragonfly floats up into the afternoon sunshine the pale and fragile dragonfly must now find a quiet spot to roost while its exoskeleton hardens and develops the rich core scheme the adult running form
Video examples
Nicolas Perony: Puppies!...
which means that every time one of them enters one of these specially equipped bat boxes, we know where she is, and more importantly, we know with whom she is. So I study roosting associations in bats, and this is what it looks like.
Video examples
Bizarre Bat Moments PIPE...
each morning the male checks out all the females roosting on his branch courtship can be lengthy and intense 20 minutes of deep grooming licking the female's nether parts with a long roughened tongue
Video examples
Bats Dodge Crocodile...
chests is refreshing but more importantly it collects water in the hairs to lick off back at the roost and quench their thirst
Video examples
Finding Little Owls in...
I reckon there's probably a pair in there that's their little roosting hole. These guys mate for life.
Example 1 of 10
Quote examples
David Attenborough
British Journalist
It's coming home to roost over the next 50 years or so. It's not just climate change; it's sheer space, places to grow food for this enormous horde. Either we limit our population growth or the natural world will do it for us, and the natural world is doing it for us right now.
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Rufus Wainwright
Canadian Musician
There's prejudice everywhere. I don't think the music industry is as bad as the movie industry. But I have taken a few hits over the years for my sexuality, and for being honest about my life. In the end, it's the music that rules the roost.
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William Wallace
Scottish Revolutionary
I always showed myself in the face of day, asserting the liberty and independence of my country, while some others, like owls, courted concealment and were too much afraid of losing their roosts to leave them for such a cause.
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Lynn Johnston
American Cartoonist
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.
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Francis Ford Coppola
American Director
My big goal in life was always to figure out how I can make a lot of money so I can go off and make films irrespective of the opinion of the three or four critics who seem to rule the roost.
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George T. Conway III
American Lawyer
Trump's lying, his self-regard, his self-soothing, his lack of empathy, his narcissistic rage, his contempt for norms, rules, laws, facts and simple truths - have all come home to roost.
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Naseeruddin Shah
Indian Actor
Any youngster who comes to me and says he wants to act, I tell him to complete his education first because, for too long, uneducated actors have ruled the roost in the acting world.
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Kim Shattuck
American Musician
You can't have an ego when you're a team. One person can't really rule the roost.
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Charles W. Chesnutt
American Novelist
Sins, like chickens, come home to roost.
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Benjamin Disraeli
British Statesman
London is a roost for every bird.
Quote examples
David Attenborough
British Journalist
It's coming home to roost over the next 50 years or so. It's not just climate change; it's sheer space, places to grow food for this enormous horde. Either we limit our population growth or the natural world will do it for us, and the natural world is doing it for us right now.
Quote examples
Rufus Wainwright
Canadian Musician
There's prejudice everywhere. I don't think the music industry is as bad as the movie industry. But I have taken a few hits over the years for my sexuality, and for being honest about my life. In the end, it's the music that rules the roost.
Quote examples
William Wallace
Scottish Revolutionary
I always showed myself in the face of day, asserting the liberty and independence of my country, while some others, like owls, courted concealment and were too much afraid of losing their roosts to leave them for such a cause.
Quote examples
Lynn Johnston
American Cartoonist
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.
Quote examples
Francis Ford Coppola
American Director
My big goal in life was always to figure out how I can make a lot of money so I can go off and make films irrespective of the opinion of the three or four critics who seem to rule the roost.
Quote examples
George T. Conway III
American Lawyer
Trump's lying, his self-regard, his self-soothing, his lack of empathy, his narcissistic rage, his contempt for norms, rules, laws, facts and simple truths - have all come home to roost.
Quote examples
Naseeruddin Shah
Indian Actor
Any youngster who comes to me and says he wants to act, I tell him to complete his education first because, for too long, uneducated actors have ruled the roost in the acting world.
Quote examples
Kim Shattuck
American Musician
You can't have an ego when you're a team. One person can't really rule the roost.
Quote examples
Charles W. Chesnutt
American Novelist
Sins, like chickens, come home to roost.
Quote examples
Benjamin Disraeli
British Statesman
London is a roost for every bird.
Example 1 of 10
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