roosted
past simple and past participle ofroost
roost
verb[I]
uk/ruːst/us/ruːst/Whenbirdsroost, they gosomewheretorestorsleep.
Animal (non-human) behaviour
- accidental
- beg
- behave
- behaviour
- behavioural science
- behaviourist
- groom
- hatch
- hover
- monogamy
- murmuration
- nocturnal
- non-migrant
- non-migratory
- nuzzle
- ruminate
- scent
- skitter
- slaver
- torpor
Idiom
come back/home to roost
Examplesofroosted
roosted
In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use.
Individualsroostedin tight clusters, and were often in physical contact.
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Radio-tagged individuals invariablyroostedwithin or beneath tangles of vines and leaves.
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The bats preferentiallyroostedin certain species of trees.
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The numbers of days in which the animalsroostedwithin the grid are shown.
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Furthermore, our tracking data suggested that the bats probablyroostedsomewhere rather high up (c. 20 m) in the canopy.
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Balionycteris maculataroostedin cavities and formed small harem groups that consisted of one adult male accompanied by up to nine adult females and their dependent young.
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These free-ranging chickensroostedin coops which were often broken into by foxes, weasels, stoats, and so on.
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Then it will not only be that the heavens are black with the chickens coming home to roost; after they haveroostedit will be our turn next.
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Itroostedin caves, in areas where little light penetrated the gloom.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.The settlement was named for the millions of passenger pigeons that onceroostedthere.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.The bats incinerated the test range androostedunder a fuel tank.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.As itroostedin old trees and caves, it was vulnerable to forest clearance and hunting.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Itroostedin pairs or small groups of three or four in small shrubs and was reportedly very tame, allowing hunters to pick it up off its roost.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Kenny reported that eleven bat species permanentlyroostedin the cave, while a twelfth speciesroostedoccasionally in an adjacent dry cave.
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- touch-and-go
- touchback
- touch base
- touch-base
- touch-base-with
- touch base (with someone)
- touch down
- touchdown
- touch-down
- touchdown pass
- touched
- touch football
- touch-football
- touchily
- touch-in
- touchiness
- touching
- touchingly
- touching moment
- touchless
- touchline
- touch-off
- touch of humour
- touch-on
- touch on something