perch

Plural: perch, perches

Noun

• support consisting of a branch or rod that serves as a resting place (especially for a bird)
• a linear measure of 16.5 feet
• a square rod of land
• an elevated place serving as a seat
• any of numerous fishes of America and Europe
• spiny-finned freshwater food and game fishes
• any of numerous spiny-finned fishes of various families of the order Perciformes
• Any of the three species of spiny-finned freshwater fish in the genus Perca.
• Any of the about 200 related species of fish in the taxonomic family Percidae, especially:
• Acanthopagrus berda
• Any of the about 200 related species of fish in the taxonomic family Percidae, especially:
• Distichodus engycephalus, Distichodus rostratus
• Any of the about 200 related species of fish in the taxonomic family Percidae, especially:
• Johnius belangerii, Macquaria ambigua, Macquaria colonorum, Macquaria novemaculeata, Nemadactylus macropterus
• Any of the about 200 related species of fish in the taxonomic family Percidae, especially:
• Kyphosus azureus
• Any of the about 200 related species of fish in the taxonomic family Percidae, especially:
• Lateolabrax japonicus, Tautogolabrus adspersus
• Several similar species in the order Perciformes, such as the grouper.
• A rod, staff, tree branch, ledge, etc., used as a roost by a bird.
• A pole connecting the fore gear and hind gear of a spring carriage; a reach.
• A position that is secure and advantageous, especially one which is prominent or elevated.
• A position that is overly elevated or haughty.
• A linear measure of 5+¹⁄₂ yards, equal to a rod, a pole or ¹⁄₄ chain; the related square measure.
• A cubic measure of stonework equal to 16.6 × 1.5 × 1 feet.
• A frame used to examine cloth.
• A bar used to support a candle, especially in a church.
• A platform for lights to be directed at the stage.

Verb

Verb Forms: perched, perching, perches

• To sit or rest on a high or elevated position.
• sit, as on a branch
  • "The birds perched high in the tree"
• to come to rest, settle
• cause to perch or sit
  • "She perched her hat on her head"
• To rest on a perch (especially, of a bird); to roost.
• To sit upon the edge of something.
• To stay in an elevated position.
• To place something on (or as if on) a perch.
• To inspect cloth using a perch.

Examples

• The macaw perched on Jim's shoulder.
• The ’Q’ tile seemed to PERCH stubbornly on his rack, waiting for a ’U’.

Synonyms

alight, light, pole, rest, rod, roost

Anagrams of perch