PERCH


Meaning of PERCH in English

I. noun

COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES

a bird perches (= stands on a something above the ground )

Beautiful white birds perched on the tree's branches.

be perched (high) on a cliff (= be situated on a cliff )

An 11th century castle is perched high on the cliff.

COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS

■ VERB

knock

Anything could knock him off his perch .

PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES

knock sb off their pedestal/perch

EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES

They get a great view of the game from their perch in the press-box.

EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS

Anything could knock him off his perch .

At first Dawn would attempt to continue beyond the far perch where I was waiting, instead of landing on my glove.

But there are plenty of things that threaten anew to knock Clinton off his presidential perch .

He watched the lessons from his perch , and when they were over he ran all the way home.

Icebergs that last for a week or longer provide perches for bald eagles, cormorants and gulls.

Kelston for good nets of roach, chub, perch and odd bream from pegs below the weir.

Sings more often from a perch .

II. verb

COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS

■ ADVERB

precariously

When he is perched precariously on a sandbag at the time, however, you could just about get away with charging extra.

The double-decker smashed through a fence and ended up perched precariously on a bridge parapet at Brighouse, West Yorkshire.

Looking in the mirror that was perched precariously on the windowsill, he combed back the hair that hung over his eyes.

A pink pillar-box hat was perched precariously on her head, and pinned to its side was a large artificial purple flower.

In front of the Brandenburg Gate and elsewhere, they perched precariously on top of the Wall, clapping and calling for it to go.

■ NOUN

bird

The white birds were everywhere: perched in trees and bushes, on fences, embankments, houses.

A clay tree with seven clay birds perching on it is clearly a ritual presentation of the idea.

High fences around Admiralty installations gave good views as the birds perched briefly on the wires, taking their bearings.

Rows of large silent birds are perched on the mountain ledges - vultures.

The young bird has to perch upright on the rim while it grows its feathers.

chair

They sat in armchairs in a low-beamed room at the front while Archer perched in a rocking chair .

Antoinette sat upright, Thérèse perched cross-legged next to her chair .

She sat or perched on an upright chair smiling like an angel just dropped from the skies.

edge

She perched on the edge of the sofa, gazing into the mock flames from the gas fire.

From the moment he took the rostrum, Gergiev had his musicians tensely perched on the edge of their seats.

He swung his legs around so that he was perched on the edge of the bunk.

Chesarynth perched on the edge of her seat, fearing a poisoned needle in the cushions.

She perched at its edge and let her pen, as was her wont, run automatically over the creamy paper.

Bobbie was perched on the edge of the couch.

He cast around for a chair, shoved some papers aside with a foot and perched on the edge of an armchair.

She sidled cautiously towards the equipment, and perched on the edge of a deep mahogany box.

stool

Madame Gauthier was perched on a stool at the reception desk, making up her accounts.

Fourth Aunt, perched on a high stool in front of Jinju, coughed.

He was still perched on the stool while Evelyn sat on the far side of the kitchen table.

Litchfield perched atop a stool he had pulled close to the bed.

And children enjoy perching on stools .

The lads were each sitting on a black, plastic jerry-can, while I was perched on my fishing stool .

Bob perched on a bar stool , still wearing his overcoat.

Emily perched on a stool , biting her bottom lip.

top

Proudly perched on top is a huge sculpture of a caged dove.

Waterlogged, he perched on top of the cabin and soon gurgled his song.

He was still sufficiently sane to remind me that Orvieto was perched on the top of a craggy escarpment.

Often, you played off cliffs and into greens either surrounded by dunes or perched on the tops of hills.

He was perched on top of a huge cage, looking at the visitors.

tree

Fond of perching on dead tree or post in water.

At all three the female was on the nest, and the male perched nearby in the trees .

Marshes and freshwater margins; often perches in trees .

Cars were perched atop trees that had snapped like wishbones.

The next morning they found him perched in a tree .

But instead of flying off, they perched in the trees all around me.

The white birds were everywhere: perched in trees and bushes, on fences, embankments, houses.

EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS

Fond of perching on dead tree or post in water.

He was perched on top of a huge cage, looking at the visitors.

In fact, a good deal of daily life was spent perched on the bamboo matting on top of the cabins.

It also received her welcoming smile, as did a beautiful goldfinch that came down and perched on her toes.

She parked the car and hoisted the plastic carriers from the boot, perching the flat, be-ribboned pâtisserie box on top.

She was carrying a young child who was slung in her arms and perched on her right hip.

The young bird has to perch upright on the rim while it grows its feathers.

Unbeknownst to him, a Blue hunter-killer team was perched less than two miles away -- under cover and undetected.

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