perch
/pɝt͡ʃ/noun, verb1 syllable
Perch means: a linear measure of 16.5 feet.
Synonyms for perch6
What does perch mean?10
noun
1
a linear measure of 16.5 feet
2
a square rod of land
3
support consisting of a branch or rod that serves as a resting place (especially for a bird)
4
an elevated place serving as a seat
5
any of numerous fishes of America and Europe
6
spiny-finned freshwater food and game fishes
7
any of numerous spiny-finned fishes of various families of the order Perciformes
verb
1
sit, as on a branch“The birds perched high in the tree”
2
to come to rest, settle“Misfortune lighted upon him”
3
cause to perch or sit“She perched her hat on her head”
Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
What rhymes with perch?4
Perch in a sentence
- The eagle perched atop the cliff, scanning the valley spread out beneath it.bobking12
- The blue bird is perched on a branch, singing cheerfully.Solana
- The crow perched atop the tree, cawing loudly.Amastan
- The crow perched atop the old oak tree, cawing loudly.Amastan
- The raven perched atop the eerie, gnarled tree.Amastan
- The birds use the scarecrow as a perch.Hybrid
- The sparrow landed on the perch of the bird feeder.Eccles17
- The startled black-bird chirps complainingly from her perch on the wall.Hybrid
Sentences from Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR, credited to their authors.
Forms of perch
as a noun
- plural
- perches
as a verb
- past tense
- perched
- present participle
- perching
- third-person singular
- perches
- past participle
- perched