different between roost vs coost

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?u?st/
• Rhymes: -u?st

Etymology 1

From Middle English roste (“chicken's roost; perch”), from Old English hr?st (“wooden framework of a roof; roost”), from Proto-Germanic *hr?staz (“wooden framework; grill”); see *raustijan?.

Cognate with Dutch roest (“roost”), German Low German Rust (“roost”), German Rost (“grate; gridiron; grill”).

Noun

roost (plural roosts)

1. The place where a bird sleeps (usually its nest or a branch).

   • He clapp'd his wings upon his roost.

2. A group of birds roosting together.
3. A bedroom
4. (Scotland) The inner roof of a cottage.

Derived terms

• rule the roost

Translations

Verb

roost (third-person singular simple present roosts, present participle roosting, simple past and past participle roosted)

1. (intransitive, of birds or bats) To settle on a perch in order to sleep or rest
2. (figuratively) to spend the night

See also

• the chickens come home to roost

Translations

Etymology 2

From Old Norse róst

Noun

roost (plural roosts)

1. (Shetland and Orkney) A tidal race.

Etymology 3

Verb

roost (third-person singular simple present roosts, present participle roosting, simple past and past participle roosted)

1. Alternative form of roust

Anagrams

• Sorto, Toors, ostro, roots, rotos, stoor, toros, torso

Manx

Etymology

From Old Irish rúsc, from Proto-Celtic *ruskos (compare Welsh rhisgl).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ru?s/

Noun

roost m (genitive singular roost, plural roostyn)

1. peel, rind
2. bark

Derived terms

• neuroostit (“unbarked”)

Verb

roost (verbal noun roostey, past participle rooisht)

1. to strip, peel, hull, rind, unbark
2. to rob
3. to bare
4. to debunk
5. to rifle
6. to deprive

Middle English

Noun

roost

1. Alternative form of roste (“roast”)

English

Verb

coost

1. (obsolete or Scotland) simple past tense and past participle of cast

Anagrams

• Cotos, SCOOT, Scoto-, coots, costo-, cotso, scoot, scoto-, tocos