unroost

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verb

To remove from the roost.

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Meanings

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

present singular third person unroosts · participle present unroosting · participle past unroosted · past unroosted

  1. transitiveTo 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, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act II, scene iii]

Origin

From un- + roost.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

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APA

unroost. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unroost

MLA

“unroost.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unroost. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “unroost,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unroost.

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