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Synonyms for roost
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Princeton's WordNet
roostnoun
a shelter with perches for fowl or other birds
roostverb
a perch on which domestic fowl rest or sleep
perch, roost, restverb
sit, as on a branch
"The birds perched high in the tree"
Synonyms:
alight, breathe, reside, perch, remain, pillow, repose, light, lie, catch one's breath, stay, take a breather, restroostverb
settle down or stay, as if on a roost
Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words
roostnoun
Synonyms:
perch
Words popularity by usage frequency
ranking | word | |
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#613 | light | |
#1001 | stay | |
#1547 | rest | |
#2590 | remain | |
#4929 | lie | |
#8672 | pillow | |
#11701 | breathe | |
#14382 | reside | |
#17348 | dorm | |
#23255 | perch | |
#31439 | dormitory | |
#35230 | roost | |
#38211 | repose | |
#57497 | alight | |
#142952 | heeling |
How to use roost in a sentence?
The bad behavior is coming home to roost, customers are saying,' We've had enough. Wells Fargo's time to move on.'.
The fact that this train did not qualify under current law requiring the railroad company to make that notification is just absurd. this is more than a train derailment or a toxic waste spill – it’s years of opposition to safety measures coming home to roost.
When they fly they have a peak body temperature that mimics a fever, it happens at least twice a day with bats -- when they fly out to feed and then they return to roost. And so the pathogens that have evolved in bats have evolved to withstand these peaks of body temperature.
Employees who are fools often rule the roost in the private companies.
The chickens are finally coming home to roost and this sounds like a hugely significant development for FIFA.
Translations for roost
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- kurníkCzech
- roostDanish
- auf einem Ast schlafen, Roost, auf einer Stange schlafenGerman
- pajarera, gallineroSpanish
- koti, nukkua, nukkumapaikkaFinnish
- perchoirFrench
- spirisScottish Gaelic
- बसेराHindi
- kakasülőHungarian
- bertenggerIndonesian
- appollaiarsi, posatoio, pollaioItalian
- cubitumLatin
- laktaLatvian
- slaapplaatsDutch
- hønsehusNorwegian
- grzędaPolish
- PoleiroPortuguese
- насе́ст, насестRussian
- kokošinjac, кокошињацSerbo-Croatian
- honshusSwedish
- சேவல்Tamil
- روسٹUrdu
- 栖息Chinese
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