Overview of noun perch

The noun perch has 7 senses

• perch -- (support consisting of a branch or rod that serves as a resting place (especially for a bird))


• perch, rod, pole -- (a linear measure of 16.5 feet)


• perch, rod, pole -- (a square rod of land)


• perch -- (an elevated place serving as a seat)


• perch -- (any of numerous fishes of America and Europe)


• perch -- (spiny-finned freshwater food and game fishes)


• perch -- (any of numerous spiny-finned fishes of various families of the order Perciformes)

Overview of verb perch

The verb perch has 3 senses

• perch, roost, rest -- (sit, as on a branch; "The birds perched high in the tree")


• alight, light, perch -- (to come to rest, settle; "Misfortune lighted upon him")


• perch -- (cause to perch or sit; "She perched her hat on her head")