Perch word meaning and definition
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Meaning and definition for "perch" word
[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] (British) a linear measure of 16.5 feet
[verb] sit, as on a branch; "The birds perched high in the treee"
[verb] cause to perch or sit; "She perched her hat on her head"
[verb] to come to rest, settle; "Misfortune lighted upon him."
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(a) The black bass.
(b) The flasher.
(c) The sea bass. {Blue perch}, the cunner. {Gray perch}, the fresh-water drum. {Red perch}, the rosefish. {Red-bellied perch}, the long-eared pondfish. {Perch pest}, a small crustacean, parasitic in the mouth of the perch. {Silver perch}, the yellowtail. {Stone}, or {Striped}, {perch}, the pope. {White perch}, the {Roccus, or Morone, Americanus}, a small silvery serranoid market fish of the Atlantic coast.
\Perch\, n. [F. perche, L. pertica.] 1. 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. As chauntecleer among his wives all Sat on his perche, that was in his hall. --Chaucer. Not making his high place the lawless perch Of winged ambitions. --Tennyson. 2.
(a) A measure of length containing five and a half yards; a rod, or pole.
(b) In land or square measure: A square rod; the 160th part of an acre.
(c) In solid measure: A mass 161/2 feet long, 1 foot in height, and 11/2 feet in breadth, or 243/4 cubic feet (in local use, from 22 to 25 cubic feet); -- used in measuring stonework. 3. A pole connecting the fore gear and hind gear of a spring carriage; a reach.
\Perch\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Perched}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Perching}.] [F. percher. See {Perch} a pole.] To alight or settle, as a bird; to sit or roost. Wrens make prey where eagles dare not perch. --Shak.
\Perch\, v. t. 1. To place or to set on, or as on, a perch. 2. To occupy as a perch. --Milton.
Synonyms for perch
alight, light, pole, rest, rod, roost
See also: area unit | European perch | European perch | family Percidae | freshwater fish | furlong | land | lay | linear unit | order Perciformes | order Percomorphi | pace | Perca flavescens | Perca flavescens | Perca fluviatilis | Perca fluviatilis | Percidae | Perciformes | Percina tanasi | percoid | percoid fish | percoidean | Percomorphi | pike perch | pikeperch | place | place | pose | position | put | roost | seat | set | set down | sit | sit down | snail darter | square measure | support | yard | yellow perch | yellow perch |
Related terms: abide, be seated, bestride, burrow, cohabit, colonize, dovecote, establish residence, footing, get off, hive, inhabit, lie on, locate, perspective, put, roosting place, seat, set up shop, site, stand on, straddle
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Let's analyse "perch" as pure text. This string has Five letters in One syllable and One vowel. 20% of vowels is 18.6% less then average English word. Written in backwards: HCREP. Average typing speed for these characters is 1340 milliseconds. [info]
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Numerology Hearts desire number calculated from vowels:
perch: 5 = 5, reduced: 5 . and the final result is Five. |
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