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Noun perch has 7 senses
  1. perch - support consisting of a branch or rod that serves as a resting place (especially for a bird)
    --1 is a kind of     support
    --1 is a part of roost
    --1 has particulars: roost
    Derived form: verb perch1
  2. perch, rod, pole - a linear measure of 16.5 feet
    --2 is a kind of linear unit
    --2 is a part of furlong
    --2 has parts: yard, pace
  3. perch, rod, pole - a square rod of land
    --3 is a kind of area unit, square measure
  4. perch - an elevated place serving as a seat
    --4 is a kind of     seat, place
  5. perch - any of numerous fishes of America and Europe
    --5 is a kind of     freshwater fish
    --5 is a part of
     yellow perch, Perca flavescens; European perch, Perca fluviatilis
  6. perch - spiny-finned freshwater food and game fishes
    --6 is a kind of     percoid fish, percoid, percoidean
    --6 is a member of Percidae, family Percidae
    --6 has particulars:
     yellow perch, Perca flavescens; European perch, Perca fluviatilis; pike-perch, pike perch; snail darter, Percina tanasi
  7. perch - any of numerous spiny-finned fishes of various families of the order Perciformes
    --7 is a kind of     percoid fish, percoid, percoidean
    --7 is a member of
     Perciformes, order Perciformes, Percomorphi, order Percomorphi
,Verb perch has 3 senses
  1. perch, roost, rest - sit, as on a branch; "The birds perched high in the treee"
    --1 is one way to sit, sit down
    Derived forms: noun perch1, noun percher1, noun percher2
    Sample sentences:
    Some big birds perch in the tree
    There perch some big birds in the tree
  2. alight, light, perch - to come to rest, settle; "Misfortune lighted upon him"
    --2 is one way to land, set down
    Sample sentences:
    Something ----s
    Somebody ----s
    Somebody ----s PP
  3. perch - cause to perch or sit; "She perched her hat on her head"
    --3 is one way to     put, set, place, pose, position, lay
    Sample sentence:
    They perch their rifles on the cabinet
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