Perch
[pɜːtʃ] or [pɝtʃ]
Definition
(noun.) any of numerous spiny-finned fishes of various families of the order Perciformes.
(noun.) spiny-finned freshwater food and game fishes.
(noun.) support consisting of a branch or rod that serves as a resting place (especially for a bird).
(noun.) any of numerous fishes of America and Europe.
(noun.) an elevated place serving as a seat.
(noun.) a square rod of land.
(noun.) a linear measure of 16.5 feet.
(verb.) sit, as on a branch; 'The birds perched high in the tree'.
(verb.) cause to perch or sit; 'She perched her hat on her head'.
Edited by Erna--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) Any fresh-water fish of the genus Perca and of several other allied genera of the family Percidae, as the common American or yellow perch (Perca flavescens, / Americana), and the European perch (P. fluviatilis).
(n.) Any one of numerous species of spiny-finned fishes belonging to the Percidae, Serranidae, and related families, and resembling, more or less, the true perches.
(n.) 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.
(n.) A measure of length containing five and a half yards; a rod, or pole.
(n.) In land or square measure: A square rod; the 160th part of an acre.
(n.) In solid measure: A mass 16/ feet long, 1 foot in height, and 1/ feet in breadth, or 24/ cubic feet (in local use, from 22 to 25 cubic feet); -- used in measuring stonework.
(n.) A pole connecting the fore gear and hind gear of a spring carriage; a reach.
(v. i.) To alight or settle, as a bird; to sit or roost.
(v. t.) To place or to set on, or as on, a perch.
(v. t.) To occupy as a perch.
Typist: Tyler
Synonyms and Synonymous
n. [1]. Roost.[2]. Pole, rod.
v. n. Roost, sit on a perch.
Editor: Luke
Definition
n. a rod on which birds roost: any high seat or position: a measure=5?yards: a square measure=30?square yards: a pole joining the fore and hind gear of a spring carriage: a frame on which cloth is examined for flaws.—v.i. to sit or roost on a perch: to settle.—v.t. to place as on a perch.—ns. Perch′er a bird that perches on trees; Perch′ing the examination of cloth stretched on a frame for burs knots or holes—also called Burling.—adj. insessorial.—ns. Perch′-plate a plate or block above or below a carriage-reach at the king-bolt; Perch′-pole an acrobat's climbing-pole; Perch′-stay one of the side-rods bracing the perch to the hind-axle.
n. a genus of fresh-water fishes.—adjs. Perch′-backed shaped like a perch's back; Per′ciform percoid; Per′cine perciform; Per′coid like the perch: pertaining to the perch family.
Inputed by Ethel
Examples
- Fighting fish are a small fish and belong to the climbing perch family. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- The supposed aboriginal stocks must all have been rock-pigeons, that is, they did not breed or willingly perch on trees. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
- Descending from her perch she again sauntered off towards Rainbarrow, though this time she did not go the whole way. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- My uncle descended from his perch in a twinkling. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- God bless your soul, a fine carriage, on a perch, with scarlet blinds! Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- Trust me for having him off his perch in half a second. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- You see, being rather high and up two steps they call it a Perch. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- We had lain in hay and talked and shot sparrows with an air-rifle when they perched in the triangle cut high up in the wall of the barn. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
- The forewarning of my instinct was but fulfilled, when I discovered her, all cold and vigilant, perched like a white bird on the outside of the bed. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- The birds were chirping, perched on the windows sills and deserted thresholds of the doors. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- Fledgeby turned into the counting-house, perched himself on a business stool, and cocked his hat. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- At all events his face was tied up in a black silk handkerchief, which, with his hat perched on the top of it, was far from improving his appearance. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- Perched on its eternal hills, white and domed and solid, massed together and hooped with high gray walls, the venerable city gleamed in the sun. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- Why do you remain pertinaciously perched on my knee, when I have given you notice to quit? Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- Breathlessly the tribe watched from their lofty perches as Kerchak, still roaring, charged the relatively puny figure. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
Checker: Micawber