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roosted

roosted is the simple past and past participle of roost.

Meaning of roost

Verb

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

  1. (intransitive) To settle on a perch in order to sleep or rest.
  2. (figuratively) To spend the night.
    • The UPS package centre for central London, a brief walk from Kentish Town tube station, holds a below-ground bay in which 170 vans roost every night.2019 November 21, Samanth Subramanian, “How our home delivery habit reshaped the world”, in The Guardian
  3. (transitive, Australian rules football) To kick (a ball) a long distance.

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Questions about roosted

What is roosted the simple past and past participle of?
Roosted is the simple past and past participle of roost.

Words near roosted in the dictionary

  1. Roosmalens' dwarf marmoset
  2. Roosmalens' dwarf marmosets
  3. roost
  4. roostcock
  5. roostcocks
  6. roosted
  7. rooster
  8. rooster booster
  9. rooster boosters
  10. rooster sauce
  11. rooster sauces

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