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unroost

unroost verb: to remove from the roost.

Verb

unroost (third-person singular simple present unroosts, present participle unroosting, simple past and past participle unroosted)

  1. (transitive) To remove from the roost.
    • Give her the bastard,
      Thou dotard; thou art woman-tired, unroosted
      By thy Dame Partlet here.c. 1610–1611 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Winters Tale”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount...

Forms of unroost

third-person singular presentunroosts
present participleunroosting
past participleunroosted
pastunroosted

Origin of unroost

From un- + roost.

Questions about unroost

What does unroost mean?
Unroost means to remove from the roost.
What part of speech is unroost?
Unroost is a verb.
What is the past tense of unroost?
The past tense of unroost is unroosted.

Words near unroost in the dictionary

  1. unroofed
  2. unroofing
  3. unroofs
  4. unroominess
  5. unroomy
  6. unroost
  7. unroosted
  8. unroosting
  9. unroosts
  10. unroot
  11. unrootable

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