unroostv.
/(ˌ)ʌnˈruːst/, U.S. /ˌənˈrust/ 1. transitive. To dislodge from a roost or perch. Also figurative: to dislodge or force out of a place, to drive out or away.
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the world > space > place > removal or displacement > remove or displace [verb (transitive)]
stira1000
unsheathec1374
removea1398
shifta1400
disroom1489
supplant1534
unplacec1550
displace1552
unperch1578
dislodge1579
unsiege1594
disnest1596
unroost1598
unset1602
unseat1611
dis-element1612
dishabita1616
dislocate1623
disroota1625
disseata1625
rede1638
discardinate1648
disturb1664
disblock1665
start1676
uproot1695
disrest1696
disconcert1744
disannul1794
deplace1839
delocalize1855
disembed1885
disniche1889
the world > space > place > removal or displacement > remove or displace [verb (transitive)] > remove or take away > from specific places or positions
unperch1578
unroost1598
unshrine1599
untent1609
unbed1611
unsheafa1722
unshelvea1819
the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > going or coming out > letting or sending out > let or send out [verb (transitive)] > expel
afferreOE
warpc1000
outdriveOE
wreakc1100
to cast out1297
to cast fortha1382
out-chasec1395
flecchea1400
to shoot forth, out, awaya1400
propel?1440
expulse?a1475
scour1488
out-thrust1532
to catch forthc1540
propulse1548
pulsec1550
unplant1552
to turn out of ——1562
extrude1566
detrude?1567
eliminate1568
deturbate1570
detruse1571
unroost1598
to put by1600
deturb1609
bolt1615
run1631
disembogue1632
out of1656
expel1669
rout1812
to manage (a person) out of1907
1598 J. Florio Worlde of Wordes Disnidare, to vnroost, to vn-nest.
1613 T. Adams Heauen & Earth Reconcil'd f. 3v Not a Mammon, Belial, Melchom, changes their lodginges, or is vnroosted out of your heartes.
a1616 W. Shakespeare Winter's Tale (1623) ii. iii. 75 Thou dotard, thou art woman-tyr'd: vnroosted By thy dame Partlet heere. View more context for this quotation
1647 J. Trapp Comm. Epist. & Rev. (Rev. xiv. 20) The Pope being driven from Rome, shall flie and sit, till Christ shall unroost him.
1682 J. Bunyan Holy War 236 He also saw..how he was unroosted, and made to quit the Castle. View more context for this quotation
1780 S. Johnson Let. 12 June (1992) III. 274 Though I am sorry that You should be so outrageously unroosted, I think that Bath has had You long enough.
1836 M. Scott Cruise of Midge xiii. 217 Shoving the blade to the drowning man, with some danger of being unroosted myself in the attempt.
1868 ‘Deadfall’ Experiences Game Preserver xii. 78 Of course in unroosting the pheasants we couldn't make them all safe.
1905 ‘M. Field’ Borgia iv. vii. 135 Unroost him; we will finish the whole brood.
1998 San Jose (Calif.) Mercury News (Nexis) 21 Jan. 1 a He had run away from home overnight, called his mother names and doused her with a hose once when she was trying to unroost him from his treehouse.
2. intransitive. To leave a roost; (also) to rise from bed.
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the world > physical sensation > sleeping and waking > sleep > bed related to sleep or rest > go to bed or retire to rest [verb (intransitive)] > get up or rise
arisec950
riseOE
risec1175
uprisea1400
to dress upc1400
rouse1577
to get up1583
up1635
unroost1751
to turn out1801
to show a leg1818
to roll out1884
to hit the deck1918
the world > animals > birds > actions or bird defined by > [verb (intransitive)] > perch > leave roost
unroost1821
1751 T. Smollett Peregrine Pickle IV. ciii. 124 He..betook himself to rest, that he might be able to unroost with the cock.
1821 J. Clare Village Minstrel II. 24 The crows, unroosting as he comes in sight.
1866 Sporting Times 22 Sept. 300/2 Out of regard to the memory of our lamented friend we unroosted at five o'clock in the morning.
1999 Mail on Sunday (Nexis) 8 Aug. The sky quickly brightens: birds unroost (if that is the term!) and flowers open.
Derivatives
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the world > space > place > removal or displacement > [adjective]
unwevedc1330
displaced1571
uprooteda1593
dissituate1593
unsphered1598
unroosted1614
dislocated1793
dislocate1814
slipped1820
1614 J. Cooke Greenes Tu Quoque L 3 What a carelesse world is this, neyther Bride nor Bridegroome ready, time to goe to Church, and not a man vnroosted.
1674 J. Norton in tr. M. A. Flaminio Scholars Vade Mecum 351 A Bird unroosted: aven exagitare enido.
1691 J. Dryden King Arthur iv. i. 41 The Pass is free; Th' unroosted Fiends have quitted this Abode.
1869 Daily Cleveland (Ohio) Herald 15 Mar. We ex Confederates still unrooted and unroosted, bearing the ‘peltings of the pitiless storm’.
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the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > going or coming out > letting or sending out > [noun] > expulsion or driving out
outputtinga1387
outcastinga1398
outing1440
deboutement1481
expulsiona1513
expulsing1528
expelling1532
expulsement1537
propulsation1578
expulsure1598
ejectment1602
outcast1602
abandoning1611
unroosting1615
propulsion1626
eliminationa1631
chucking-out1881
1615 T. Adams Blacke Devill 9 Well; gone he is out of this Man; and we must therein consider..1. His vnroosting. 2. His vnresting.
1832 J. Galt Stanley Buxton III. xxv. 198 It is well known that no such thing is ever thought of in the prospective contemplation of a marriage, as the unroosting of an old housekeeper.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2014; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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