roosting

as ininhabit
as inlight
as inlive
as inlodge
as inperch
as inremain
as inreside
as inrest
as inseat
as insettle
as insojourn
as insquat
as instay
as inabide
as indwell

Synonyms for roosting

verb take up residence in

Antonyms for roosting

Word Origin & History

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.

Example Sentences for roosting

The pigeons were roosting and nestling all over her, on her hands, her waist, and her shoulders.

Mrs. Granby was roosting all by herself on a sofy in the parlor.

Julius, who was mate, was roosting on the lee rail amid-ships, helping him swear.

But a thing with feathers, roosting in a tree, must be some kind of a fowl—yes?

Overhead the rooks streamed homewards to their roosting trees.

"My wife's gravestone is the parrots' roosting place," said Fernando.

There were indications that pigeons had been roosting there?

They inhabit open woods as a rule, often roosting at night in swamps.

He crossed a wall on which three or four boys were roosting.

I was roosting on that flange up there near the top of the stove.