1. A shelter with perches for fowl or other birds
   "The farmer built a new roost to accommodate his growing flock"
    
2. A perch on which domestic fowl rest or sleep
   "The chickens settled onto their roost for the night"

1. Sit, as on a branch
   "The birds roosted high in the tree";
   - perch, rest
    
2. Settle down or stay, as if on a roost
   "The birds roosted in the trees for the night"

Derived forms: roosting, roosted, roosts

Type of: perch, root, settle, settle down, shelter, sit, sit down, steady down, take root

Encyclopedia: Roost, Bill