I. noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a bird perches (= stands on a something above the ground )
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Beautiful white birds perched on the tree's branches.
be perched (high) on a cliff (= be situated on a cliff )
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An 11th century castle is perched high on the cliff.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ VERB
knock
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Anything could knock him off his perch .
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
knock sb off their pedestal/perch
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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They get a great view of the game from their perch in the press-box.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Anything could knock him off his perch .
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At first Dawn would attempt to continue beyond the far perch where I was waiting, instead of landing on my glove.
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But there are plenty of things that threaten anew to knock Clinton off his presidential perch .
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He watched the lessons from his perch , and when they were over he ran all the way home.
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Icebergs that last for a week or longer provide perches for bald eagles, cormorants and gulls.
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Kelston for good nets of roach, chub, perch and odd bream from pegs below the weir.
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Sings more often from a perch .
II. verb
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADVERB
precariously
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When he is perched precariously on a sandbag at the time, however, you could just about get away with charging extra.
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The double-decker smashed through a fence and ended up perched precariously on a bridge parapet at Brighouse, West Yorkshire.
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Looking in the mirror that was perched precariously on the windowsill, he combed back the hair that hung over his eyes.
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A pink pillar-box hat was perched precariously on her head, and pinned to its side was a large artificial purple flower.
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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
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The white birds were everywhere: perched in trees and bushes, on fences, embankments, houses.
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A clay tree with seven clay birds perching on it is clearly a ritual presentation of the idea.
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High fences around Admiralty installations gave good views as the birds perched briefly on the wires, taking their bearings.
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Rows of large silent birds are perched on the mountain ledges - vultures.
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The young bird has to perch upright on the rim while it grows its feathers.
chair
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They sat in armchairs in a low-beamed room at the front while Archer perched in a rocking chair .
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Antoinette sat upright, Thérèse perched cross-legged next to her chair .
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She sat or perched on an upright chair smiling like an angel just dropped from the skies.
edge
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She perched on the edge of the sofa, gazing into the mock flames from the gas fire.
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From the moment he took the rostrum, Gergiev had his musicians tensely perched on the edge of their seats.
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He swung his legs around so that he was perched on the edge of the bunk.
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Chesarynth perched on the edge of her seat, fearing a poisoned needle in the cushions.
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She perched at its edge and let her pen, as was her wont, run automatically over the creamy paper.
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Bobbie was perched on the edge of the couch.
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He cast around for a chair, shoved some papers aside with a foot and perched on the edge of an armchair.
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She sidled cautiously towards the equipment, and perched on the edge of a deep mahogany box.
stool
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Madame Gauthier was perched on a stool at the reception desk, making up her accounts.
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Fourth Aunt, perched on a high stool in front of Jinju, coughed.
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He was still perched on the stool while Evelyn sat on the far side of the kitchen table.
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Litchfield perched atop a stool he had pulled close to the bed.
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And children enjoy perching on stools .
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The lads were each sitting on a black, plastic jerry-can, while I was perched on my fishing stool .
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Bob perched on a bar stool , still wearing his overcoat.
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Emily perched on a stool , biting her bottom lip.
top
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Proudly perched on top is a huge sculpture of a caged dove.
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Waterlogged, he perched on top of the cabin and soon gurgled his song.
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He was still sufficiently sane to remind me that Orvieto was perched on the top of a craggy escarpment.
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Often, you played off cliffs and into greens either surrounded by dunes or perched on the tops of hills.
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He was perched on top of a huge cage, looking at the visitors.
tree
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Fond of perching on dead tree or post in water.
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At all three the female was on the nest, and the male perched nearby in the trees .
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Marshes and freshwater margins; often perches in trees .
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Cars were perched atop trees that had snapped like wishbones.
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The next morning they found him perched in a tree .
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But instead of flying off, they perched in the trees all around me.
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The white birds were everywhere: perched in trees and bushes, on fences, embankments, houses.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Fond of perching on dead tree or post in water.
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He was perched on top of a huge cage, looking at the visitors.
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In fact, a good deal of daily life was spent perched on the bamboo matting on top of the cabins.
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It also received her welcoming smile, as did a beautiful goldfinch that came down and perched on her toes.
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She parked the car and hoisted the plastic carriers from the boot, perching the flat, be-ribboned pâtisserie box on top.
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She was carrying a young child who was slung in her arms and perched on her right hip.
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The young bird has to perch upright on the rim while it grows its feathers.
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Unbeknownst to him, a Blue hunter-killer team was perched less than two miles away -- under cover and undetected.