Synonym: rest, settle, sit, straddle. Similar words: merchant, merchandise, handkerchief, torch, march, porch, mercy, urchin. Meaning: [pɜrtʃ /pɜː-] 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 3. a square rod of land 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 2. to come to rest, settle 3. cause to perch or sit.
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(61) As the lifeboat reached his perch, it struck the raft, and a cry of exultation rose from the spectators.
(62) A yellow hammer sang from its perch in a patch of gorse and a grey wag tail flew over.
(63) John Major looks set to remain on his perch - although he is by no means secure.
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(64) The stone buildings perch on a hill crest.
(65) The American eagle stands on a perch.
(66) The bird took its perch on a tree branch.
(67) Under the perch is an olive branch.
(68) The boy sat on the perch and sang lustily.
(69) Perfect man-machine engineering Unscrew perch pin ensures reliable connection.
(70) They are the top bait for perch and crappie, and one of the best for bass .
(71) We watched the parade from our perch on top of the roof.
(72) When complete in four years, the instrument will be shipped to an observation perch in Chile's Atacama desert.
(73) During dinner on the gallery’s veranda, Campeche is often seen (or heard) drinking a cup of red wine held in his beak from his perch.
(74) Based on the professional bottom trawl monitoring data in the East China Sea from 2001 to 2005, the resource status and biomass distribution of wart perch Psenopsis anomala were primarily analyzed.
(75) The products include mandarin perch, California weever, melanotic shrimp, clean water crab, prawn and etc, . It gets great economic benefits.
(76) A molti italiani non piace viverci perch é hanno paura dell'inquinamento.
(77) At first Snowball seemed disoriented when she looked around, but she didn't try to uncover the chick. Instead, she flew up to her nor-mal perch and stayed there.
(78) Now, renowned Chinese palaeontologist Professor Xu Xing believes his new discovery has finally knocked Archaeopteryx off its perch.
(79) In the failing grey afternoon light, we stand over a great brown-black pit. A few fir trees and an abandoned bulldozer perch forlornly around the fringes.
(80) Is anybody climbing up the ladder looking to knock you off your perch?
(81) Non capisco perch é quando uno dice Torino dovrebbe , secondo Lei , andarci in automobile.
(82) Norwegian fisherman use nets to capture halibut, red perch, cod and king crab.
(83) Come off your perch and stop considering yourself as the most important person here.
(84) Any of several other fishes having a yellowish tail, as the silver perch.
(85) A North American perch (Perca flavescens) having golden yellow sides marked by broad, dark vertical bars, much valued as a food and game fish.
(86) Now that the banks aren't on deathwatch, Ken Lewis's perch atop Bank of America (BAC) looks secure.
(87) Here salmon and sea trout are caught on their migration from the Baltic to Lake Malaren. Among the more humble species to be hooked are perch, pike, zander and Baltic herring.
(88) We found a perch on the ruins a low stone wall.
(89) They are one of the best baits for bluegill, perch, trout, whitefish and many pan fish, and for ice fishing.
(90) The various sea - food have prawn, shrimp scallop perch.