āĻ āĻ¨ā§āĻ¸āĻ¨ā§āĻ§āĻžāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
āĻ āĻāĻŋāĻ§āĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻ° āĻāĻžāĻˇāĻž āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
āĻāĻĒāĻ¨āĻžāĻ° āĻāĻžāĻˇāĻž āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
to perch
01
āĻŦāĻ¸āĻž, āĻāĻ°ā§āĻšāĻŖ āĻāĻ°āĻž
(of a bird) to land and rest on something, such as a branch, bar, etc.
Intransitive
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
A sparrow perched on the fence, watching the yard.
āĻāĻāĻāĻŋ āĻāĻĄāĻŧāĻžāĻ āĻŦā§āĻĄāĻŧāĻžāĻ° āĻāĻĒāĻ° āĻŦāĻ¸ā§ āĻāĻ āĻ˛, āĻāĻ āĻžāĻ¨ āĻĻā§āĻāĻāĻŋāĻ˛āĨ¤
02
āĻŦāĻ¸āĻž, āĻāĻĄā§āĻĄāĻž āĻĻā§āĻāĻ¯āĻŧāĻž
to find a place to rest or settle
Intransitive
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
The cat perched on the windowsill, enjoying the view outside.
āĻŦāĻŋāĻĄāĻŧāĻžāĻ˛āĻāĻŋ āĻāĻžāĻ¨āĻžāĻ˛āĻžāĻ° āĻ¸āĻŋāĻ˛ā§ āĻŦāĻ¸ā§ āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻ°ā§āĻ° āĻĻā§āĻļā§āĻ¯ āĻāĻĒāĻā§āĻ āĻāĻ°āĻāĻŋāĻ˛āĨ¤
03
āĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻžāĻĒāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°āĻž, āĻŦāĻ¸āĻžāĻ¨ā§
to place or position someone or something carefully
Transitive: to perch sb/sth somewhere
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
He perched his glasses on top of his head while he searched for his keys.
āĻ¤āĻŋāĻ¨āĻŋ āĻ¤āĻžāĻāĻ° āĻāĻžāĻŦāĻŋ āĻā§āĻāĻāĻ¤ā§ āĻāĻŋāĻ¯āĻŧā§ āĻ¤āĻžāĻāĻ° āĻāĻļāĻŽāĻžāĻāĻŋ āĻŽāĻžāĻĨāĻžāĻ° āĻāĻĒāĻ° āĻ°ā§āĻā§āĻāĻŋāĻ˛ā§āĻ¨āĨ¤
01
āĻĄāĻžāĻ˛, āĻļāĻžāĻāĻž
a place where a bird rests or settles, such as a branch or a rod
02
āĻĒāĻžāĻ°ā§āĻ āĻŽāĻžāĻ, āĻĒāĻžāĻ°ā§āĻ
any freshwater game fish that belong to the ray-finned family of the order of perciformes
03
āĻĒāĻžāĻ°ā§āĻ, āĻĒāĻžāĻ°ā§āĻ¸āĻŋāĻĢāĻ°ā§āĻŽ āĻŽāĻžāĻ
any of numerous spiny-finned fishes of various families of the order Perciformes
04
āĻĒāĻžāĻ°ā§āĻ āĻŽāĻžāĻ, āĻĒāĻžāĻ°ā§āĻ
any of numerous fishes of America and Europe
05
āĻāĻā§āĻ āĻāĻ¸āĻ¨, āĻāĻāĻā§ āĻāĻžāĻ¯āĻŧāĻāĻž
an elevated place serving as a seat
06
āĻĒāĻžāĻ°ā§āĻ, 16.5 āĻĢā§āĻā§āĻ° āĻ°ā§āĻāĻŋāĻ āĻĒāĻ°āĻŋāĻŽāĻžāĻĒ
a linear measure of 16.5 feet
07
āĻāĻāĻāĻŋ āĻĒāĻžāĻ°ā§āĻ, āĻāĻŽāĻŋāĻ° āĻāĻāĻāĻŋ āĻŦāĻ°ā§āĻāĻā§āĻˇā§āĻ¤ā§āĻ° āĻ°āĻĄ
a square rod of land
āĻ¨āĻŋāĻāĻāĻŦāĻ°ā§āĻ¤ā§ āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻ
