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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Roust \Roust\, noun [Cf. Icel. r["o]st an estuary.] A strong tide or current, especially in a narrow channel. [Written also {rost}, and {roost}.] --Jamieson.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Roost \Roost\, noun Roast. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Roost \Roost\, verb (used with an object) See {Roust}, verb (used with an object)
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Roost \Roost\, noun [AS. hr[=o]st; akin to OD. roest roost, roesten to roost, and probably to E. roof. Cf. {Roof}.]
1. The pole or other support on which fowls rest at night; a perch.
He clapped his wings upon his roost. --Dryden.
2. A collection of fowls roosting together.
{At roost}, on a perch or roost; hence, retired to rest.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Roost \Roost\, verb (used without an object) [imp. & p. p. {Roosted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Roosting}.]
1. To sit, rest, or sleep, as fowls on a pole, limb of a tree, etc.; to perch. --Wordsworth.
2. Fig.; To lodge; to rest; to sleep.
O, let me where thy roof my soul hath hid, O, let me roost and nestle there. --Herbert.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
roost
noun
1: a shelter with perches for fowl or other birds
2: a perch on which domestic fowl rest or sleep
verb
1: sit, as on a branch; "The birds perched high in the treee" [syn: {perch}, {rest}]
2: settle down or stay, as if on a roost
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
87 Moby Thesaurus words for "roost": abide, accommodations, anchor, aviary, be seated, berth, billet, billet at, bird cage, birdhouse, bivouac, board, bunk, burrow, camp, cohabit, colonize, columbary, come to anchor, diggings, digs, domesticate, domicile, domiciliate, doss down, dovecote, drop anchor, dwell, ensconce, establish residence, hang out, hive, house, housing, hut, inhabit, keep house, land, light, live, live at, living quarters, locate, lodge, lodging, lodgings, lodgment, moor, move, nest, occupy, park, people, perch, pigeon house, pigeon loft, populate, put up, quarter, quarters, relocate, remain, remain seated, reside, room, rooms, roosting place, set, set down, set up housekeeping, set up shop, settle, settle down, shelter, sit, sit down, sleeping place, squat, stand, stay, stay at, strike root, take residence at, take root, take up residence, tenant, touch down
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