English to English noun
1 |
support consisting of a branch or rod that serves as a resting place (especially for a bird) | | source: wordnet30
2 |
a linear measure of 16.5 feet | | source: wordnet30
3 |
a square rod of land | | source: wordnet30
4 |
an elevated place serving as a seat | | source: wordnet30
5 |
any of numerous fishes of America and Europe | | source: wordnet30
6 |
spiny-finned freshwater food and game fishes | | source: wordnet30
7 |
any of numerous spiny-finned fishes of various families of the order Perciformes | | source: wordnet30
8 |
Any fresh-water fish of the genus Perca and of several other allied genera of the family Percidæ, as the common American or yellow perch (Perca flavescens, or Americana), and the European perch (P. fluviatilis). | | source: webster1913
9 |
A pole; a long staff; a rod; esp., a pole or other support for fowls to roost on or to rest on; a roost; figuratively, any elevated resting place or seat. | | source: webster1913 verb
10 |
sit, as on a branch | | Example: The birds perched high in the tree
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11 |
to come to rest, settle | | Example: Misfortune lighted upon him
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12 |
cause to perch or sit | | Example: She perched her hat on her head
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13 |
To alight or settle, as a bird; to sit or roost. | | source: webster1913
14 |
To place or to set on, or as on, a perch. | | source: webster1913
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