Tikibu: pronunciation dictionary with use examples

Word: perch
IPA transcription: [p'ɝtʃ]
Pronunciations of perch
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noun meaning of the word
  • Synonyms: perch
    Meaning: support consisting of a branch or rod that serves as a resting place (especially for a bird)
verb meaning of the word
  • Synonyms: perch, roost, rest
    Meaning: sit, as on a branch; "The birds perched high in the tree"
Usage examples
  • A pike that has gorged itself on a giant perch!
  • It is one of the marks of a true Yankee, I suspect, to like such a perch.
  • No frivolous dame of tarnished fame sought to share with him his perilous perch.
  • Josie descended from her perch, flushed with victory, and darted a defiant glance at Anne.
  • With a jerk of her body she comes nearer, and is now right in the whirlpool of bleak and perch.
  • Colours dance before her eyes as the gullet opens and closes, trying to draw in the perch's head.
  • The perch have quickened their pace; involuntarily the speed is increased; they already scent their prey.
  • Foremost of the company, with a dark-golden, high-backed leader at their head, swim a couple of hundred of the finest perch.
  • He rounded curve after curve, and frequently stopping on a conspicuous perch, flung a ringing challenge in the face of the morning.
  • Oh, we're going to run you to beat the band!" laughed Leslie, and jumped down from her perch to hug and squeeze the breath out of Julia Cloud.
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