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Definition of 'perch'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (n.) perch
a pole or rod, serving as a roost for birds.

2.  perch
any place or object for a bird, animal, or person to alight or rest upon.

3.  perch
a high or elevated position, resting place, or the like.

4.  perch
a small, elevated seat for the driver of any of certain vehicles.

5.  perch
Brit.

6.  perch
a linear or square rod.

7.  perch
a measure of volume for stone, about 24 cubic feet (0.7 cubic meters).

8.  perch
Obs. any pole, rod, or the like.

9. (v.i.) perch
to alight or rest upon a perch.

10.  perch
to settle or rest in some elevated position.

11. (v.t.) perch
to set or place on or as if on a perch.

12. (n.) perch
any small freshwater fish of the family Percidae, having a spiny anterior dorsal fin, as the European perch, Perca fluviatilis, and the North American yellow perch,
P. flavescens.

13.  perch
any of various related or similar spiny-finned fishes.

Etymology: (1350–1400; ME perche < MF < L perca < Gk pérkē)

Definition of 'perch'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (noun) perch
support consisting of a branch or rod that serves as a resting place (especially for a bird)

2. (noun) perch, rod, pole
a linear measure of 16.5 feet

3. (noun) perch, rod, pole
a square rod of land

4. (noun) perch
an elevated place serving as a seat

5. (noun) perch
any of numerous fishes of America and Europe

6. (noun) perch
spiny-finned freshwater food and game fishes

7. (verb) perch
any of numerous spiny-finned fishes of various families of the order Perciformes

8. (verb) perch, roost, rest
sit, as on a branch
"The birds perched high in the tree"

9. (verb) alight, light, perch
to come to rest, settle
"Misfortune lighted upon him"

10. (verb) perch
cause to perch or sit
"She perched her hat on her head"

Definition of 'perch'

Webster Dictionary

1. (noun) perch
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)

2. (noun) perch
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

3. (noun) perch
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

4. (noun) perch
a measure of length containing five and a half yards; a rod, or pole

5. (noun) perch
in land or square measure: A square rod; the 160th part of an acre

6. (noun) perch
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

7. (noun) perch
a pole connecting the fore gear and hind gear of a spring carriage; a reach

8. (verb) perch
to alight or settle, as a bird; to sit or roost

9. (verb) perch
to place or to set on, or as on, a perch

10. (verb) perch
to occupy as a perch

Translation of 'perch'

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

Sense: a branch etc on which a bird sits or stands The pigeon would not fly down from its perch.
Afrikaans: stokkie, sitplek	Arabic: مَرْبَض، غُصْن	Bulgarian: прът
Brazilian: poleiro	Czech: bidýlko, hřad	German: die Sitzstange
Danish: gren	Greek: κούρνια	Spanish: percha
Estonian: õrs	Farsi: جای نشستن پرنده	Finnish: oksa
French: perchoir	Hebrew: מוֹט	Hindi: चि‍ड़ियों के बैठने का अड्
Croatian: visoko mjesto (na grani,	Hungarian: ág	Indonesian: tenggeran
Icelandic: trjágrein, silla, prik	Italian: trespolo	Japanese: とまり木
Korean: 횃대	Lithuanian: lakta	Latvian: lakta
Malay: tempat bertenggek	Dutch: roest	Norwegian: sittepinne, grein
Polish: grzęda	Persian: جای نشستن پرنده	Pashto: لرګى، دمرغانو دكښيناستو
Portuguese: poleiro	Romanian: stinghie pe care stau păs	Russian: насест; жёрдочка
Slovak: bidlo	Slovenian: gred	Serbian: grana
Swedish: upphöjd position	Thai: กิ่งไม้	Turkish: tünek
Taiwanese: (鳥類的)棲木	Ukrainian: жердина, тичина	Urdu: جانوروں کے بيٹھنے کي جگہ
Vietnamese: chỗ chim đậu	Chinese: （鸟的）栖木
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