perch
noun
1. support consisting of a branch or rod that serves as a resting place (especially for a bird)
Definition categories: man–made, support
2. a linear measure of 16.5 feet
Definition categories: quantity
3. a square rod of land
Definition categories: quantity
4. an elevated place serving as a seat
Definition categories: location, place, seat
5. any of numerous fishes of America and Europe
Definition categories: food
6. spiny-finned freshwater food and game fishes
Definition categories: animal, percoid
7. any of numerous spiny-finned fishes of various families of the order Perciformes
verb
1. sit, as on a branch
- The birds perched high in the tree
Definition categories: contact, sit
2. to come to rest, settle
Similar word(s): alight, light
Definition categories: motion, land
3. cause to perch or sit
- She perched her hat on her head
Definition categories: contact, lay, place, pose, position, put, set