English to English
noun
- support consisting of a branch or rod that serves as a resting place (especially for a bird)
source: WordNet 3.0
- a linear measure of 16.5 feet
source: WordNet 3.0
- a square rod of land
source: WordNet 3.0
- an elevated place serving as a seat
source: WordNet 3.0
- any of numerous fishes of America and Europe
source: WordNet 3.0
- spiny-finned freshwater food and game fishes
source: WordNet 3.0
- any of numerous spiny-finned fishes of various families of the order Perciformes
source: WordNet 3.0
- 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: Webster 1913
- 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: Webster 1913
verb
- sit, as on a branch
The birds perched high in the tree.
source: WordNet 3.0
- to come to rest, settle
Misfortune lighted upon him.
source: WordNet 3.0
- cause to perch or sit
She perched her hat on her head.
source: WordNet 3.0
- To alight or settle, as a bird; to sit or roost.
source: Webster 1913
- To place or to set on, or as on, a perch.
source: Webster 1913
