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Antonyms for perches

Grammar : Noun, verb
Spell : purch
Phonetic Transcription : pɜrtʃ

Definition of perches

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
Example sentences :
  • About fifty perches, your honor, in the same boreen, but higher up.
  • Extract from : « The Daltons, Volume II (of II) » by Charles James Lever
  • The fellow who is "it," or "keeper," perches his duck on the rock.
  • Extract from : « Boy Scouts Handbook » by Boy Scouts of America
  • She goes and perches on the table near Mary, who is staring sadly in front of her.
  • Extract from : « The Straw » by Eugene O'Neill
  • It has only just occurred to me that they ought to have had perches to roost on.
  • Extract from : « Love Among the Chickens » by P. G. Wodehouse
  • He perches there each evening on the extreme end of the longest bough.
  • Extract from : « They and I » by Jerome K. Jerome
  • Then we'll know he's a carp-fish, 'cause the perches and trouts haven't got feelers.
  • Extract from : « Just So Stories » by Rudyard Kipling
  • This is the bird which perches on the roof of the house at night and calls to-whoo.
  • Extract from : « Birds of the Indian Hills » by Douglas Dewar
  • He perches on the cardinal's hat and counsels bigotry and oppression.
  • Extract from : « The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 17, No. 103, May, 1866 » by Various
  • She reached one and then another of the perches which mark the channel into the harbour.
  • Extract from : « Priscilla's Spies » by George A. Birmingham
  • The arrangement of perches and nesting-places may be left to the reader's judgment.
  • Extract from : « Harper's Young People, May 25, 1880 » by Various

Synonyms for perches

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