Antonyms for perch
| Grammar : Noun, verb |
| Spell : purch |
| Phonetic Transcription : pɜrtʃ |
Definition of perch
Origin :- "where a bird rests," late 13c., originally only "a pole, rod, stick, stake," from Old French perche "unit of linear measurement" (5.5 yards), also "measuring rod, pole, bar" used to measure this length (13c.), from Latin pertica "pole, long staff, measuring rod," related to Oscan perek "pole," Umbrian perkaf "twigs, rods." Meaning "a bar fixed horizontally for a hawk or tame bird to rest on" is attested from late 14c.; this led to general sense of "any thing that any bird alights or rests on" (late 15c.). Figurative sense of "an elevated or secure position" is recorded from 1520s. The "land-measuring rod" sense also was in Middle English (c.1200), hence surviving meaning "measure of land equal to a square lineal perch" (usually 160 to the acre), mid-15c.
- noun object placed high for sitting on
- verb sit atop of
- To prepare it in this way, secure a perch and scale and clean it.
- Extract from : « Woman's Institute Library of Cookery, Vol. 3 » by Woman's Institute of Domestic Arts and Sciences
- He rang the bell, went into the park, and ran along the avenue to the perch.
- Extract from : « Henry Dunbar » by M. E. Braddon
- From my perch I could see the sullen heavy walls of a ridge.
- Extract from : « Astounding Stories of Super-Science, November, 1930 » by Various
- "Devil take you, fool," snapped Gonzaga, thrusting him roughly from his perch.
- Extract from : « Love-at-Arms » by Raphael Sabatini
- Stan looked down upon the killers from his perch in the sky.
- Extract from : « A Yankee Flier Over Berlin » by Al Avery
- He could not see much of her face, from his perch, but she was tall and fashionably clad.
- Extract from : « The Market-Place » by Harold Frederic
- So off they set again, and again the pike overtook the perch.
- Extract from : « Cossack Fairy Tales and Folk Tales » by Anonymous
- So the pike kept on pursuing the perch, but it was of no use.
- Extract from : « Cossack Fairy Tales and Folk Tales » by Anonymous
- The specimen is now ready to place upon its base, perch, or stand.
- Extract from : « Taxidermy » by Leon Luther Pray
- He clambered slowly down from his perch and swung up into the saddle.
- Extract from : « Hidden Water » by Dane Coolidge
Synonyms for perch
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