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Adjective perched has 1 sense
- perched, perked, perked up - (especially of ears) quickly lifted up or out in attention; `perched' is obsolete; "a dog with perked ears"
Antonym: unalert (indirect, via alert)
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
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
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