roost
/ɹust/ verb C2- To settle on a perch in order to sleep or rest.
- To spend the night.
- To kick (a ball) a long distance.
He/she/it roosts · Past roosted · Past participle roosted · -ing form roosting
Verb forms
- Base form
- roost
- He/she/it
- roosts
- Past
- roosted
- Past participle
- roosted
- -ing form
- roosting
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And Father Wolf taught him his business, and the meaning of things in the jungle, till every rustle in the grass, every breath of the warm night air, every note of the owls above his head, every scratch of a bat’s claws as it roosted for a while in a tree, and every splash of every little fish jumping in a pool meant just as much to him as the work of his office means to a business man.
I could have done no less,” and Rann circled up again to his roost.
At ten o’clock I went round and saw that all the fellows had gone to roost, for I believe in strict training and plenty of sleep to keep a team fit.
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