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Noun perch has 7 senses

perch - support consisting of a branch or rod that serves as a resting place (especially for a bird)
--₁ is a kind of support
--₁ is a part of roost
--₁ has particulars: roost
Derived form: verb perch₁
perch, rod, pole - a linear measure of 16.5 feet
--₂ is a kind of linear unit
--₂ is a part of furlong
--₂ has parts: yard, pace
perch, rod, pole - a square rod of land
--₃ is a kind of area unit, square measure
perch - an elevated place serving as a seat
--₄ is a kind of seat, place
perch - any of numerous fishes of America and Europe
--₅ is a kind of freshwater fish
--₅ is a part of
yellow perch, Perca flavescens; European perch, Perca fluviatilis
perch - spiny-finned freshwater food and game fishes
--₆ is a kind of percoid fish, percoid, percoidean
--₆ is a member of Percidae, family Percidae
--₆ has particulars:
yellow perch, Perca flavescens; European perch, Perca fluviatilis; pike-perch, pike perch; snail darter, Percina tanasi
perch - any of numerous spiny-finned fishes of various families of the order Perciformes
--₇ is a kind of percoid fish, percoid, percoidean
--₇ is a member of
Perciformes, order Perciformes, Percomorphi, order Percomorphi

Verb perch has 3 senses

perch, roost, rest - sit, as on a branch; "The birds perched high in the treee"
--₁ is one way to sit, sit down

Derived forms: noun perch₁, noun percher₁, noun percher₂
Sample sentences:
Some big birds perch in the tree
There perch some big birds in the tree
alight, light, perch - to come to rest, settle; "Misfortune lighted upon him"
--₂ is one way to land, set down
Sample sentences:
Something ----s
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s PP
perch - cause to perch or sit; "She perched her hat on her head"
--₃ is one way to put, set, place, pose, position, lay
Sample sentence:
They perch their rifles on the cabinet