roost

[roost] /rust/
noun
1.
a perch upon which birds or fowls rest at night.
2.
a large cage, house, or place for fowls or birds to roost in.
3.
a place for sitting, resting, or lodging.
verb (used without object)
4.
to sit or rest on a roost, perch, etc.
5.
to settle or stay, especially for the night.
Idioms
6.
come home to roost, (of an action) to revert or react unfavorably to the doer; boomerang:
an evil deed that came home to roost and ruined his life.
7.
rule the roost, to be in charge or control; dominate:
It was only too apparent that his grandfather ruled the roost.
Origin
before 1100; Middle English roost (noun), Old English hrōst; cognate with Middle Dutch roest
Related forms
unroosted, adjective
unroosting, adjective
British Dictionary definitions for come home to roost

roost

/ruːst/
noun
1.
a place, perch, branch, etc, where birds, esp domestic fowl, rest or sleep
2.
a temporary place to rest or stay
3.
rule the roost, See rule (sense 20)
verb
4.
(intransitive) to rest or sleep on a roost
5.
(intransitive) to settle down or stay
6.
come home to roost, to have unfavourable repercussions
Word Origin
Old English hrōst; related to Old Saxon hrost loft, German Rost grid

Roost

/ruːst/
noun
1.
the Roost, a powerful current caused by conflicting tides around the Shetland and Orkney Islands
Word Origin
C16: from Old Norse röst
Word Origin and History for come home to roost

roost

n.

late Old English hrost "wooden framework of a roof, perch for domestic fowl," from Proto-Germanic *hro(d)-st- (cf. Old Saxon hrost "framework of a roof, attic," Middle Dutch, Flemish, Dutch roest "roost," Old Norse hrot, Gothic hrot "roof," of unknown origin. Exact relationship and ulterior connections unknown. Extended sense "hen-house" is from 1580s. To rule the roost is recorded from 1769.

v.

1520s, from roost (n.). Related: Roosted; roosting. Chickens come home to roost in reference to eventual consequences of bad actions attested from 1824; the original proverb seems to have been curses, like chickens, come home to roost.

Slang definitions & phrases for come home to roost

roost

noun

One's home; pad (1940s+)


Idioms and Phrases with come home to roost

come home to roost

see: chickens come home to roost

roost

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