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)
- To settle on a perch in order to sleep or rest.
- 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
- To kick (a ball) a long distance.
Questions about roosted
- What is roosted the simple past and past participle of?
- Roosted is the simple past and past participle of roost.
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