perch

Meaning

Noun

1. Any of the three species of spiny-finned freshwater fish in the genus Perca.
2. Any of the about 200 related species of fish in the taxonomic family Percidae, especially:
3. Any of the about 200 related species of fish in the taxonomic family Percidae, especially:
4. Any of the about 200 related species of fish in the taxonomic family Percidae, especially:
5. Any of the about 200 related species of fish in the taxonomic family Percidae, especially:
6. Any of the about 200 related species of fish in the taxonomic family Percidae, especially:
7. Several similar species in the order Perciformes, such as the grouper.

Verb

1. To rest on a perch (especially, of a bird); to roost.
2. To sit upon the edge of something.
3. To stay in an elevated position.
4. To place something on (or as if on) a perch.
5. To inspect cloth using a perch.

Concepts

perch

roost

pole

rod

alight

sit

rest

bass

settle

repose

sea bass

light

land

squat

perch about

bar

shaft

staff

stick

European perch

set

sit down

black bream

black porgy

black sae bream

black sea-bream

dark-finned black porgy

goldsilk bream

grey fin sea bream

mylio berda

pickey bream

picnic sea bream

picnic seabream

pikey bream

river bream

riverbream

callop

freshwater bream

golden perch

murray bream

murray perch

tarki

white perch

pike

roach

aerie

sleep

hen house

hen-house

hen-roost

henhouse

seat

gerres

marine

land from flight

ascend

nest

bandy

baton

crook

drub

ferule

ingot

truncheon

verge

walking stick

wand

abut

lean

lean on

billot

lever

post

stay

loach

redfish

yellowbelly

instal

assign

constitute

deposit

issue

lay

make

plant

pose

put

range

reset

set down

stand

drape

ensconce

settle down

subside

fit

serve

nestle

branch

sea perch

Paul

barre

drawbar

rise

sit on

spangled

Pronounced as (IPA)

/pɜːtʃ/

Etymology

From Middle English perche, from Old French perche, from Latin perca, from Ancient Greek πέρκη (pérkē, “perch”), cognate with περκνός (perknós, “dark-spotted”).

Sentences

Sit on the perch and tell the others what to do .