Synonyms:
perch, roost, rest
Meaning: sit, as on a branch; "The birds perched high in the tree"
Usage examples
If there's any more pecking, I'll take charge of the hen roost myself!"
When they got there, the fowls were all at roost, so they could look at them quietly.
"Is that my sunbeam coming home to roost?" which made Gauvain and the knight both laugh.
Mellersh, profoundly indignant, besides having his intended treat coming back on him like a blessing to roost, cross-examined her with the utmost severity.
There a flock of pigeons had made their roost, and flapped noisily out into the sunlight when he pushed open the door from below. Here he hunted among the mouldering things of the past until, oh, joy of joys! in an ancient oaken chest he found a great lot of worm-eaten books, that had belonged to some old chaplain of the castle in days gone by.