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a
: a support on which birds rest
b
: a place where winged animals and especially birds customarily roost
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: a group of birds roosting together
roosted; roosting; roosts
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: to settle down for rest or sleep : perch
2
: to settle oneself as if on a roost
: to supply a roost for or put to roost
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Verb
Pigeons roost on the building's ledge.
pigeons flying home to roost on the roof
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Noun
Their habitat is being threatened by deforestation, with humans cutting down their roosts for farms and houses.
—Melissa Locker, Smithsonian Magazine, 25 Nov. 2024
If a bat returns to the roost hungry, others may regurgitate a blood meal to get them through the night.
—Sebastian Stockmaier, Discover Magazine, 31 Oct. 2024
Verb
Head downtown around dusk and the crows are hard to miss — roosting in trees, squawking to each other and plastering the sidewalk with their droppings, but not if Draco has anything to do with it.
—Kale Williams, Axios, 2 Dec. 2024
Pigeons roost noisily on the windowsill, as always.
—Jonah Walters, Longreads, 24 Oct. 2024
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“Roost.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/roost. Accessed 23 Dec. 2024.
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