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Meanings of perch in English

Portuguese
rod
Wikidata

A square rod of land.

        rod
        Russian
        perca
        Portuguese
        perca
        Catalan
        perca
        Spanish
        perca
        Wikidata

        Genus of fishes.

              Related terms
              perca
              Catalan
              emperxar

              Sit, as on a branch.

                    emperxar
                    Portuguese
                    desembarcar
                    Catalan
                    posar

                    To come to rest, settle.

                          desembarcar
                          Usage of perch in English
                          1
                          He knew the lookout well; they had often shared this precarious perch.
                          In the King's name
                          2
                          The subject in question hung upside down from his perch, watching her.
                          It Must Be Love
                          3
                          So I would rather hang them on the perch in the hen-house.
                          The Hero of Esthonia and Other Studies in the Romantic Literatur...
                          4
                          Their attic perch afforded a clear field of fire over the palisade.
                          Genellan: planetfall
                          5
                          I could see all the players in the case from my perch.
                          The Guardian
                          6
                          The two drivers up on their perch, look down at young Charly.
                          The hateful eight
                          7
                          Without the human element, the summit is merely a pretty, windy perch.
                          Climbing Magazine
                          8
                          I lit off my perch in a burst of excitement, and exclaimed:
                          Sketches New and Old
                          9
                          Hinpoha, from her airy perch in the tree, cheered the combatants on.
                          The Camp Fire Girls in the Maine Woods; Or, The Winnebagos Go Ca...
                          10
                          John braced himself and yanked a luckless perch high in the air.
                          A Son of the City / A Story of Boy Life
                          11
                          From my perch, I had a mighty fine view of the creek.
                          Savage
                          12
                          John raised the diminutive perch into the air and regarded it glumly.
                          A Son of the City / A Story of Boy Life
                          13
                          Nobody likes to be displaced from their perch in the pecking order.
                          The Irish Times
                          14
                          We can perch here like birds and hope they don't reach us.'
                          Dancer’s Lament
                          15
                          Ants go everywhere; no cliff is too steep, no perch too isolated.
                          Futures 1
                          16
                          Look at the silly things gaping like goggle-eyed perch at the window.
                          The Desired Woman
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                          Translations for perch
                          Spanish
                          perca
                          Perch through the time
                          Perch across language varieties
                          United Kingdom
                          Common
                          United States of America
                          Common
                          Ireland
                          Common