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.
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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(91) Perch: snub-nosed bony freshwater fish with an oval body and a spiny dorsal fin; the flesh of this fish is highly valued.
(92) Only once did the dummy perch precariously on the edge of the pram, when the boy wonder reacted like a scolded child to an adverse decision in the first half.
(93) The lifeguard watched the swimmers from his perch above the pool.
(94) Here is one fishing for pickerel with grown perch for bait.
(95) Hippos and marabou storks wander the shoreline near the tiny fishing villages whose hauls of Nile perch, tilapia,(www.Sentencedict.com) catfish and white herring sustain the local economy.
(96) Region rich in aquatic resources, according to preliminary investigations there are 800 kinds, which is a national key protected with amphioxus, porpoises, Songjiang perch, etc.
(97) A freshwater fish of the family Anabantidae, native to Africa and southeast Asia and including the gourami and climbing perch.
(98) The Di is green to very naughtily wink to that, the heart contains comprehension a while and also quit to perch a dispute past the smudge.
(99) As a black conservative, he occupies a visible perch, and has not been shy in advancing tough critiques of busing and affirmative action. Sowell gets noticed.
(100) A white - handed tree frog stares at the camera from its perch on a fern Paulo, Brazil.
(101) The young man and the troll climbed up to perch on top.
(102) The solemn Mr. Merryweather had to perch himself upon a crate.
(103) In the evening breeze her pet peacock sat drowsing on its perch, and the pigeons were silent in their corner.
(104) The steeplejack, exhausted and unnerved , couldn't hold on to his dangerous perch much longer.
(105) The scaly-eyed gecko (Lepidoblepharis buchwaldi)—also a new species—can perch comfortably atop a pencil eraser, even as an adult.
(106) Birds perch on a cactus as a gray fox warily stands below in Chile's Atacama Desert.
(107) Seagulls perch with a Victorian - era boathouse in the background.
(108) Because they were so sensitive to deadly gases such as methane and carbon monoxide[sentencedict.com], a canary dropping off its perch was a highly visible signal to the miners that it was time to leave.
(109) Any fisherman will tell you that it's unlikely to catch perch, walleye, trout, salmon, and bass using the same bait or lure.
(110) Any of a large group of fishes of the superorder Acanthopterygii, having bony skeletons and spiny rays in the dorsal and anal fins and including the bass, perch, mackerel, and swordfish .
(111) Late in the afternoon, a monarch butterfly would come and perch like a feather on my face and tickle me awake with its spindly legs.
(112) On the day before the bass season opened, he and his father were fishing early in the evening, catching sunfish and perch with worms.
(113) Newcastle United have begun their summer recruitment drive with the signing of utility man James Perch from Nottingham Forest.
(114) Longer photoperiod appropriately could stimulate the growth of yellow perch, and reduced its feed parameter.
(115) Kris Commons put Forest ahead, calmly slotting home from the spot after Nathan Jones felled James Perch.
(116) These two bases are mainly for white prawns, red fish, jewfish and Nile perch.
(117) You don't find that foreign birds and butterflies come and perch upon your crockery.
(118) Small silvery drumfish often mistaken for white perch found along coasts of United States from New York to Mexico .
(119) The results showed aspergillus niger BN fungus, and the productive rate of gutta - perch increased 13.3 %.
(120) On the day before the 2)bass season 3)opened, he and his father were fishing early in the evening, catching 4)sunfish and 5)perch with worms.