| NOUN | artifact | perch | support consisting of a branch or rod that serves as a resting place (especially for a bird) |
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| quantity | perch, rod, pole | a linear measure of 16.5 feet | |
| quantity | perch, rod, pole | a square rod of land | |
| location | perch | an elevated place serving as a seat | |
| food | perch | any of numerous fishes of America and Europe | |
| animal | perch | spiny-finned freshwater food and game fishes | |
| animal | perch | any of numerous spiny-finned fishes of various families of the order Perciformes | |
| VERB | contact | perch, roost, rest | sit, as on a branch |
| motion | perch, alight, light | to come to rest, settle | |
| contact | perch | cause to perch or sit |
| Sounds | per'ch | |
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| Rhymes | birch ... search: 7 rhymes with erch... | |
| Meaning | support consisting of a branch or rod that serves as a resting place (especially for a bird). | |
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| Part of | roost | A shelter with perches for fowl or other birds |
| Narrower | roost | A perch on which domestic fowl rest or sleep |
| Broader | support | Any device that bears the weight of another thing |
| Spanish | percha | |
| Verbs | perch | sit, as on a branch |
| Meaning | A linear measure of 16.5 feet. | |
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| Synonyms | rod, pole | |
| Part of | furlong | A unit of length equal to 220 yards |
| Parts | yard, pace | A unit of length equal to 3 feet |
| Region | United Kingdom, UK, U.K., Britain, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, Great Britain | A monarchy in northwestern Europe occupying most of the British Isles |
| Broader | linear unit, linear measure | A unit of measurement of length |
| Meaning | A square rod of land. | |
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| Synonyms | rod, pole | |
| Broader | area unit, square measure | A system of units used to measure areas |
| Meaning | An elevated place serving as a seat. | |
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| Broader | seat, place | A space reserved for sitting (as in a theater or on a train or airplane) |
| Meaning | Any of numerous fishes of America and Europe. | |
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| Part of | European perch, Perca fluviatilis | A perch / perch / perch native to Europe |
| yellow perch, Perca flavescens | North American perch / perch / perch | |
| Broader | freshwater fish | flesh of fish from fresh water used as food |
| Spanish | perca | |
| Catalan | perca | |
| Meaning | spiny-finned freshwater food and game fishes. | |
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| Member of | Percidae, family Percidae | active freshwater fishes |
| Narrower | European perch, Perca fluviatilis | A perch / perch / perch native to Europe |
| pike-perch, pike perch | Any of several pike-like fishes of the perch / perch family | |
| snail darter, Percina tanasi | A small snail-eating perch / perch of the Tennessee River | |
| yellow perch, Perca flavescens | North American perch / perch / perch | |
| Broader | percoid fish, percoid, percoidean | Any of numerous spiny-finned fishes of the order Perciformes |
| Spanish | perca | |
| Catalan | perca | |
| Meaning | Any of numerous spiny-finned fishes of various families of the order Perciformes. | |
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| Member of | Perciformes, order Perciformes, Percomorphi, order Percomorphi | One of the largest natural groups of fishes of both marine and fresh water |
| Broader | percoid fish, percoid, percoidean | Any of numerous spiny-finned fishes of the order Perciformes |
| Spanish | perca | |
| Catalan | perca | |
| Meaning | Sit, as on a branch. | |
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| Pattern | Something ----s; Somebody ----s; Something is ----ing PP; Somebody ----s PP | |
| Model | Some big birds perch in the tree; There perch some big birds in the tree | |
| Example | "The birds perched high in the tree" | |
| Synonyms | roost, rest | |
| Broader | sit, sit down | Be seated |
| Spanish | descansar, emperchar, encaramarse, encaramar, posarse, reposar | |
| Catalan | descansar, emperxar, encimbellar-se, encimbellar, parar-se, posar-se, reposar | |
| Nouns | perch | support consisting of a branch or rod that serves as a resting place (especially for a bird) |
| percher | a bird with feet adapted for perching (as on tree branches) | |
| percher | a person situated on a perch | |
| Meaning | To come to rest, settle. | |
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| Pattern | Something ----s; Somebody ----s; Somebody ----s PP | |
| Synonyms | alight, light | |
| Broader | land, set down | reach or come to rest |
| Spanish | encaramarse, posarse | |
| Catalan | encimbellar-se, parar-se, posar | |
| Meaning | Cause to perch or sit. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something PP | |
| Model | They perch their rifles on the cabinet | |
| Example | "She perched her hat on her head" | |
| Broader | put, set, place, pose, position, lay | Put into a certain place or abstract location |
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