transcription, транскрипция: [ pɜ:(r)tʃ ]
( perches, perching, perched)
Note: The form 'perch' is used for both the singular and plural in meaning 6.
1.
If you perch on something, you sit down lightly on the very edge or tip of it.
He lit a cigarette and perched on the corner of the desk...
He perched himself on the side of the bed.
VERB : V prep / adv , V pron-refl prep / adv
• perched
She was perched on the edge of the sofa.
ADJ : v-link ADJ prep / adv
2.
To perch somewhere means to be on the top or edge of something.
...the vast slums that perch precariously on top of the hills around which the city was built.
VERB : V prep / adv
• perched
St. John’s is a small college perched high up in the hills...
ADJ : v-link ADJ prep / adv
3.
If you perch something on something else, you put or balance it on the top or edge of that thing.
The builders have perched a light concrete dome on eight slender columns.
VERB : V n on n
4.
When a bird perches on something such as a branch or a wall, it lands on it and stands there.
A blackbird flew down and perched on the parapet outside his window.
VERB : V prep
5.
A perch is a short rod for a bird to stand on.
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6.
A perch is an edible fish. There are several kinds of perch.
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