Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to roost
Participle: roosted
Gerund: roosting
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | roost |
| you | roost |
| he;she;it | roosts |
| we | roost |
| you | roost |
| they | roost |
Perfect
| I | have roosted |
| you | have roosted |
| he;she;it | has roosted |
| we | have roosted |
| you | have roosted |
| they | have roosted |
Past
| I | roosted |
| you | roosted |
| he;she;it | roosted |
| we | roosted |
| you | roosted |
| they | roosted |
Pluperfect
| I | had roosted |
| you | had roosted |
| he;she;it | had roosted |
| we | had roosted |
| you | had roosted |
| they | had roosted |
Future
| I | will roost |
| you | will roost |
| he;she;it | will roost |
| we | will roost |
| you | will roost |
| they | will roost |
Future Perfect
| I | will have roosted |
| you | will have roosted |
| he;she;it | will have roosted |
| we | will have roosted |
| you | will have roosted |
| they | will have roosted |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | roost |
| you | roost |
| he;she;it | roost |
| we | roost |
| you | roost |
| they | roost |
Perfect
| I | have roosted |
| you | have roosted |
| he;she;it | have roosted |
| we | have roosted |
| you | have roosted |
| they | have roosted |
Imperfect
| I | roosted |
| you | roosted |
| he;she;it | roosted |
| we | roosted |
| you | roosted |
| they | roosted |
Pluperfect
| I | had roosted |
| you | had roosted |
| he;she;it | had roosted |
| we | had roosted |
| you | had roosted |
| they | had roosted |
Conditional
Present
| I | would roost |
| you | would roost |
| he;she;it | would roost |
| we | would roost |
| you | would roost |
| they | would roost |
Perfect
| I | would have roosted |
| you | would have roosted |
| he;she;it | would have roosted |
| we | would have roosted |
| you | would have roosted |
| they | would have roosted |
Imperative
| you | roost |
| we | Let's roost |
| you | roost |
Verbs conjugated like 'roost'
abandon,
abduct,
abear,
aberr,
abject,
abord,
abort,
abound,
abraid,
abray,
abrook,
abscind,
abscond,
absist,
absorb,
abstain,
abstract,
accend,
accent,
accept, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'roost'
boost,
roast,
roist,
roose,
root,
roust,
boast,
boose,
boot,
bost,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. From Middle English roste (“chicken's roost; perch”), from Old English hrōst (“wooden framework of a roof; roost”), from Proto-West Germanic *hrōst, from Proto-Germanic *hrōstaz (“wooden framework; grill”); see *raustijan.
2. Cognate with Dutch roest (“roost”), German Low German Rust (“roost”), German Rost (“grate; gridiron; grill”).
Sample Sentences
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Miss Ophelia tried the recipe, and Topsy invariably made a terrible commotion, screaming, groaning and imploring, though half an hour afterwards, when roosted on some projection of the balcony, and surrounded by a flock of admiring “ young uns, ” she would express the utmost contempt of the whole affair.
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)