NOUN | artifact | roost | a shelter with perches for fowl or other birds |
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artifact | roost | a perch on which domestic fowl rest or sleep | |
VERB | contact | roost, perch, rest | sit, as on a branch |
change | roost | settle down or stay, as if on a roost |
Sounds | ruw'st | |
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Rhymes | boost ... reduced: 5 rhymes with uwst... |
Meaning | A shelter with perches for fowl or other birds. | |
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Parts | perch | support consisting of a branch or rod that serves as a resting place (especially for a bird) |
Narrower | henroost | A roost for hens at night |
Broader | shelter | protective covering that provides protection from the weather |
Verbs | roost | sit, as on a branch |
Meaning | A perch on which domestic fowl rest or sleep. | |
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Broader | perch | support consisting of a branch or rod that serves as a resting place (especially for a bird) |
Spanish | percha | |
Verbs | roost | sit, as on a branch |
Meaning | Sit, as on a branch. | |
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Pattern | Something ----s; Somebody ----s; Something is ----ing PP; Somebody ----s PP | |
Model | Some big birds roost in the tree; There roost some big birds in the tree | |
Synonyms | perch, rest | |
Broader | sit, sit down | Be seated |
Spanish | descansar, emperchar, encaramarse, encaramar, posarse, reposar | |
Catalan | descansar, emperxar, encimbellar-se, encimbellar, parar-se, posar-se, reposar | |
Nouns | roost | a perch on which domestic fowl rest or sleep |
roost | a shelter with perches for fowl or other birds |
Meaning | settle down or stay, as if on a roost. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s; Somebody ----s PP | |
Broader | settle, root, take root, steady down, settle down | Become settled or established and stable in one's residence or life style |
Spanish | posarse |
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