roosting
roosting is the present participle and gerund 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.
Noun
roosting (plural roostings)
- The place or period where a creature roosts.
- Several years ago starlings took over the residential sections for their nightly roostings during the Summer months.1950, The Rotarian, volume 77, number 5, page 12
Forms of roosting
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Questions about roosting
- What does roosting mean?
- Roosting means the place or period where a creature roosts.
- What is roosting the present participle and gerund of?
- Roosting is the present participle and gerund of roost.
- What part of speech is roosting?
- Roosting is a noun.
- What is the plural of roosting?
- The plural of roosting is roostings.
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