perch
from
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)
perch
n 1: support consisting of a branch or rod that serves as a
resting place (especially for a bird)
2: a linear measure of 16.5 feet [syn: {perch}, {rod}, {pole}]
3: a square rod of land [syn: {perch}, {rod}, {pole}]
4: an elevated place serving as a seat
5: any of numerous fishes of America and Europe
6: spiny-finned freshwater food and game fishes
7: any of numerous spiny-finned fishes of various families of
the order Perciformes
v 1: sit, as on a branch; "The birds perched high in the tree"
[syn: {perch}, {roost}, {rest}]
2: to come to rest, settle; "Misfortune lighted upon him" [syn:
{alight}, {light}, {perch}]
3: cause to perch or sit; "She perched her hat on her head"
from
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
perch \perch\ (p[~e]rch), n. [Written also {pearch}.] [OE.
perche, F. perche, L. perca, fr. Gr. pe`rkh; cf. perkno`s
dark-colored, Skr. p[.r][,c]ni spotted, speckled, and E.
freckle.] (Zool.)
1. Any fresh-water fish of the genus {Perca} and of several
other allied genera of the family {Percid[ae]}, as the
common American or yellow perch ({Perca flavescens} syn.
{Perca Americana}), and the European perch ({Perca
fluviatilis}).
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2. Any one of numerous species of spiny-finned fishes
belonging to the {Percid[ae]}, {Serranid[ae]}, and related
families, and resembling, more or less, the true perches.
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{Black perch}.
(a) The black bass.
(b) The flasher.
(c) The sea bass.
{Blue perch}, the cunner.
{Gray perch}, the fresh-water drum.
{Red perch}, the rosefish.
{Red-bellied perch}, the long-eared pondfish.
{Perch pest}, a small crustacean, parasitic in the mouth of
the perch.
{Silver perch}, the yellowtail.
{Stone perch}, or {Striped perch}, the pope.
{White perch}, the {Roccus Americanus}, or {Morone
Americanus}, a small silvery serranoid market fish of the
Atlantic coast.
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from
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Perch \Perch\ (p[~e]rch), n. [F. perche, L. pertica.]
1. A pole; a long staff; a rod; esp., a pole or other support
for fowls to roost on or to rest on; a roost;
figuratively, any elevated resting place or seat.
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As chauntecleer among his wives all
Sat on his perche, that was in his hall. --Chaucer.
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Not making his high place the lawless perch
Of winged ambitions. --Tennyson.
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2.
(a) A measure of length containing five and a half yards;
a rod, or pole.
(b) In land or square measure: A square rod; the 160th
part of an acre.
(c) In solid measure: A mass 161/2 feet long, 1 foot in
height, and 11/2 feet in breadth, or 243/4 cubic feet
(in local use, from 22 to 25 cubic feet); -- used in
measuring stonework.
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3. A pole connecting the fore gear and hind gear of a spring
carriage; a reach.
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from
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Rod \Rod\, n. [The same word as rood. See {Rood}.]
1. A straight and slender stick; a wand; hence, any slender
bar, as of wood or metal (applied to various purposes).
Specifically:
(a) An instrument of punishment or correction;
figuratively, chastisement.
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He that spareth his rod hateth his son. --Prov.
xiii. 24.
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(b) A kind of sceptor, or badge of office; hence,
figuratively, power; authority; tyranny; oppression.
"The rod, and bird of peace." --Shak.
(c) A support for a fishing line; a fish pole. --Gay.
(d) (Mach. & Structure) A member used in tension, as for
sustaining a suspended weight, or in tension and
compression, as for transmitting reciprocating motion,
etc.; a connecting bar.
(e) An instrument for measuring.
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2. A measure of length containing sixteen and a half feet; --
called also {perch}, and {pole}.
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{Black rod}. See in the Vocabulary.
{Rods and cones} (Anat.), the elongated cells or elements of
the sensory layer of the retina, some of which are
cylindrical, others somewhat conical.
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from
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
113 Moby Thesaurus words for "perch":
abide, abut on, alight, anchor, aviary, be based on, be seated,
bear on, berth, bestraddle, bestride, billet at, bird cage,
birdhouse, bivouac, bunk, burrow, camp, climb down, cohabit,
colonize, columbary, come to anchor, dismount, domesticate,
domicile, domiciliate, doss down, dovecote, drop anchor, dwell,
ensconce, establish residence, foothold, footing, footplate,
footrail, footrest, get down, get off, hang out, hive, hold,
inhabit, keep house, land, lean on, lie on, light, live, live at,
locate, location, locus standi, lodge, moor, move, nest, occupy,
park, people, perspective, pigeon house, pigeon loft, place,
populate, position, purchase, put, relocate, rely on, remain,
remain seated, repose on, reside, rest, rest on, ride, room, roost,
roosting place, seat, set, set down, set up housekeeping,
set up shop, settle, settle down, sit, sit down, sit on, site,
situate, spot, squat, stance, stand, stand on, standing,
standing place, stay, stay at, straddle, stride, strike root,
take residence at, take root, take up residence, tenant, toehold,
touch down, unhorse, vantage point
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