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perch
1[ purch ]
noun
- a pole or rod, usually horizontal, serving as a roost for birds.
- any place or object, as a sill, fence, branch, or twig, for a bird, animal, or person to alight or rest upon.
- a high or elevated position, resting place, or the like.
- a small, elevated seat for the driver of any of certain vehicles.
- a pole connecting the fore and hind running parts of a spring carriage or other vehicle.
- a post set up as a navigational aid on a navigational hazard or on a buoy.
- British.
- a linear or square rod.
- a measure of volume for stone, about 24 cubic feet (0.7 cubic meters).
- Textiles. an apparatus consisting of two vertical posts and a horizontal roller, used for inspecting cloth after it leaves the loom.
- Obsolete. any pole, rod, or the like.
verb (used without object)
- to alight or rest upon a perch.
- to settle or rest in some elevated position, as if on a perch.
verb (used with object)
- to set or place on or as if on a perch.
- to inspect (cloth) for defects and blemishes after it has been taken from the loom and placed upon a perch.
perch
2[ purch ]
noun
- any spiny-finned, freshwater food fish of the genus Perca, as P. flavescens yellow perch, of the U.S., or P. fluviatilis, of Europe.
- any of various other related, spiny-finned fishes.
- any of several embioticid fishes, as Hysterocarpus traski tule perch of California.
perch
1/ ±èɜ˳Ùʃ /
noun
- a pole, branch, or other resting place above ground on which a bird roosts or alights
- a similar resting place for a person or thing
- another name for rod
- a solid measure for stone, usually taken as 198 inches by 18 inches by 12 inches
- a pole joining the front and rear axles of a carriage
- a frame on which cloth is placed for inspection
- obsolete.a pole
verb
- usually foll by on to alight, rest, or cause to rest on or as if on a perch
the cap was perched on his head
the bird perched on the branch
- tr to inspect (cloth) on a perch
perch
2/ ±èɜ˳Ùʃ /
noun
- any freshwater spiny-finned teleost fish of the family Percidae, esp those of the genus Perca, such as P. fluviatilis of Europe and P. flavescens ( yellow perch ) of North America: valued as food and game fishes
- any of various similar or related fishes
Derived Forms
- ˈ±è±ð°ù³¦³ó±ð°ù, noun
Other ˜yÐÄvlog Forms
- ±è±ð°ù³¦³ó·²¹Â·²ú±ô±ð adjective
˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of perch1
Origin of perch2
˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of perch1
Origin of perch2
Example Sentences
Questions remain whether this is The Bench, for the three interchangeable perches were treated equally as they were carted about.
Three dead trees that my not-always-reliable phone app identified as an Indian almond, bagpod and common fig, served as his perches.
Home for Divine is Bulengo camp - an expanse of scrappy white tents, perched on dark volcanic rock, surrounded by green hills.
It gives you a very nice perch and angle to deliver commentary because you have seen things from the competitors' vantage point.
Trump said he'd kick off a "golden age in arts and culture" from his perch atop the nation's premier cultural center.
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