transcription, транскрипция: [ perɪʃ ]
( perishes, perishing, perished)
1.
If people or animals perish , they die as a result of very harsh conditions or as the result of an accident. ( WRITTEN )
Most of the butterflies perish in the first frosts of autumn.
VERB : V
2.
If a substance or material perishes , it starts to fall to pieces and becomes useless. ( mainly BRIT )
Their tyres are slowly perishing.
= disintegrate
VERB : V
• per‧ished
...tattered pieces of ancient, perished leather.
ADJ : usu ADJ n