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perch

noun
/pɜːtʃ/UK/pɝt͡ʃ/US

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *perḱ-der. Ancient Greek πέρκη (pérkē)der. Latin percader. Old French perchebor. Middle English perche English perch From Middle English perche, from Old French perche, from Latin perca, from Ancient Greek πέρκη (pérkē, “perch”), cognate with περκνός (perknós, “dark-spotted”). Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *perḱ-, whence also Old English forn (“trout”), German Forelle (“trout”).

  1. derived from *perḱ-✻
  2. derived from πέρκη
  3. derived from perca
  4. derived from perche
  5. inherited from perche

Definitions

  1. Any of the three species of spiny-finned freshwater fish in the genus Perca.

  2. Any of the about 200 related species of fish in the taxonomic family Percidae, especially

    Any of the about 200 related species of fish in the taxonomic family Percidae, especially:

  3. Several similar species in the order Perciformes, such as the grouper.

  4. ›+ 16 more definitions

    1. A rod, staff, tree branch, ledge, etc., used as a roost by a bird.

      • We know him now: […] / Not making his high place the lawless perch / Of wing'd ambitions, nor a vantage-ground / For pleasure; […]

    2. A pole connecting the fore gear and hind gear of a spring carriage

      A pole connecting the fore gear and hind gear of a spring carriage; a reach.

    3. A position that is secure and advantageous, especially one which is prominent or elevated.

      • Last year, Eighth Grade found poignancy and humor in its eponymous time period: that purgatorial perch between childhood and adulthood.
      • [W]inning Wimbledon at just 19 years, earning her rightful place on the perch as world number one.

    4. A position that is overly elevated or haughty.

      • You may thanke me, (Lady) / I haue taken you off your mellancholly pearch, / Boare you vpon my fiſt, and ſhew'd you game, / And let you flie at it: I pray the kiſſe me, […]

    5. A linear measure of 5+¹⁄₂ yards, equal to a rod, a pole or ¹⁄₄ chain

      A linear measure of 5+¹⁄₂ yards, equal to a rod, a pole or ¹⁄₄ chain; the related square measure.

    6. A cubic measure of stonework equal to 16.6 × 1.5 × 1 feet.

    7. A frame used to examine cloth.

    8. A bar used to support a candle, especially in a church.

    9. A platform for lights to be directed at the stage.

    10. To rest on a perch (especially, of a bird)

      To rest on a perch (especially, of a bird); to roost.

      • The macaw perched on Jim's shoulder.

    11. To sit upon the edge of something.

      • The platform was already crowded, but the newcomers threaded their way to the front amid a decorous murmur of welcome. Mr. Peeble shoved and exhorted and two end seats emerged upon which Enid and Malone perched themselves.

    12. To stay in an elevated position.

    13. To place something on (or as if on) a perch.

    14. To inspect cloth using a perch.

    15. A surname.

    16. a type of freshwater fish

The neighborhood

  • neighbordarterfish in family Percidae
  • neighborpike-perchfish in family Percidae
  • neighborzanderfish in family Percidae

Derived

American perch, Balkhash perch, barber perch, bass perch, black perch, bluenose perch, blue perch, estuarine perch, gray perch, great perch, Japanese red seaperch, lake perch, logperch, Macquarie perch, Nile perch, ocean perch, Pacific ocean perch, perchlet, perchling, perch pest, pikeperch, pirate perch, raccoon perch, rainbow perch, red-bellied perch, red gurnard perch, red perch, ringed perch, ring-tail perch, rockperch, rose fish, sandperch, sea perch → seaperch, silver perch, stone perch, striped perch, surfperch, trout-perch, tule perch, white perch · +20 more

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA