roost
/ruːst/noun
उच्चारण रूस्ट
बसेरा, (पक्षियों का) अड्डा
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[C]
a place where birds sleep, especially a place high up where they sit on a branch or bar
बसेरा, (पक्षियों का) अड्डा
- The parrots return to their roost in the banyan tree every evening.
- a hen roost
- The owls left their roost at dusk to hunt.
+ 2 more examples
- Hundreds of crows fly to the same roost every night.
- The hens went back to their roost before it grew dark.
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[I]
(of birds) to rest or go to sleep somewhere
(पक्षियों का) बसेरा करना, रात भर बैठना
- Thousands of crows roost in the trees along the river.
- Bats roost in the old fort.
- Swallows roost under the roof of the old railway station.
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- The pigeons roost on the ledge outside my window.
- Flocks of parakeets roost in the mango grove.
§Structures (grammar patterns) 4
roost (verb) + in / on / at + place
Birds roost when they settle to sleep; use in for trees and on for ledges or wires.
पक्षी जब सोने के लिए बसते हैं तब वे 'roost' करते हैं; पेड़ों के लिए 'in' और मुंडेर या तार के लिए 'on' आता है।
- Hundreds of crows roost in the old banyan tree.
- Pigeons roost on the ledge of the school building.
a roost (countable noun)
A roost is the place where birds rest at night; it is countable and may take of before the birds.
'Roost' वह स्थान है जहाँ पक्षी रात में आराम करते हैं; यह countable है।
- The tree is a favourite roost of parakeets.
- Bats leave their roost at dusk.
rule the roost
This idiom means to be the person in charge, especially in a family or group; it has the roost, not a roost.
इस मुहावरे का अर्थ परिवार या समूह में सबसे अधिकार रखने वाला होना है; इसमें 'the roost' आता है, 'a roost' नहीं।
- In her house, grandmother rules the roost.
come home to roost
This idiom means that past mistakes bring bad results to the person who made them; chickens is usually the subject.
इस मुहावरे का अर्थ है कि पुरानी गलतियाँ करने वाले को बुरे परिणाम भुगतने पड़ते हैं; इसका subject प्रायः 'chickens' होता है।
- His lies have come home to roost, and nobody trusts him now.
+Collocations 4
verb + roost
return toleavesettle infly tobuild a
- The birds return to their roost before dark.
adjective + roost
favouritenightlycommunalsafewinter
- The marsh is a safe roost for storks.
roost + noun
sitetreeboxpolearea
- Volunteers counted birds at the roost site.
idioms
rule the roostcome home to roostchickens come home to roost
- Years of neglect have come home to roost.
“More examples 5
- Thousands of starlings roost under the old railway bridge.
हज़ारों मैना पुराने रेलवे पुल के नीचे रात बिताती हैं।
- At sunset, the parrots fly back to their roost.
सूर्यास्त के समय तोते अपने बसेरे की ओर लौट जाते हैं।
- Radhika's little brother rules the roost at home.
राधिका का छोटा भाई घर में सबका सरदार बना हुआ है।
- After years of cheating, his past has come home to roost.
वर्षों की धोखाधड़ी के बाद उसका अतीत उसी पर भारी पड़ गया है।
- The hens went to roost as soon as it grew dark.
अँधेरा होते ही मुर्गियाँ अपने ठिकाने पर सोने चली गईं।
!Common mistakes 3
✗ The birds are roosting at the tree.
✓ The birds are roosting in the tree.
Birds roost in a tree, not at it.
पक्षी पेड़ 'में' बसेरा करते हैं, पेड़ 'पर' नहीं; यहाँ 'in' आता है।
✗ He rules a roost in his office.
✓ He rules the roost in his office.
The idiom is fixed: rule the roost.
मुहावरा स्थिर है: 'rule the roost'।
✗ His mistakes have come home for roost.
✓ His mistakes have come home to roost.
The idiom uses to, not for.
मुहावरे में 'to' आता है, 'for' नहीं।
¶Idioms 2
rule the roost
(informal) to be the most powerful member of a group
सबसे ज़्यादा चलना, हुक्म चलाना
- In that house, it is the grandmother who rules the roost.
- Big companies rule the roost in this market.
come home to roost
(of a bad thing that somebody has done) to have a bad effect on the person who did it, often a long time later
करनी का फल भुगतना, अपने किए का बुरा नतीजा सामने आना
- His years of careless spending have finally come home to roost.
- The government's past mistakes are coming home to roost.
§Grammar and usage
Rule the roost means to be the most powerful person in a group, and come home to roost means that past wrong actions now cause problems for the person who did them.
Rule the roost का अर्थ है किसी समूह में सबसे ज़्यादा चलना, और come home to roost का अर्थ है कि पहले किए गए गलत काम अब उसी व्यक्ति के लिए समस्या बन रहे हैं।