Perch

What do we mean by perch?

Any of several spiny-finned freshwater fishes of the genus Perca, especially either of two edible species, the yellow perch of North America, and P. fluviatilis of Europe. noun

Any of various similar fishes of the family Percidae, such as the walleye, or of other families, such as the white perch or the ocean perch. noun

A rod or branch serving as a roost for a bird. noun

An elevated place for resting or sitting. noun

A position that is secure, advantageous, or prominent. noun

A pole, stick, or rod. noun

A linear measure equal to 5.50 yards or 16.5 feet (5.03 meters); a rod. noun

One square rod of land. noun

A unit of cubic measure used in stonework, usually 16.5 feet by 1.0 foot by 1.5 feet, or 24.75 cubic feet (0.70 cubic meter). noun

A frame on which cloth is laid for examination of quality. noun

To alight or rest on a perch; roost. intransitive verb

To stand, sit, or rest on an elevated place or position. intransitive verb

To place on or as if on a perch. intransitive verb

To lay (cloth) on a perch in order to examine it. intransitive verb

A rod or pole; especially, a rod or pole serving as a roost for birds; anything on which birds alight and rest. noun

Hence An elevated seat or position. noun

A rod or pole used as a definite measure of length; a measure of length equal to 5½ yards. Perches of 7 and 8 yards have also been in local use. See pole. noun

A square measure equal to 30¼ square yards: 160 perches make an acre. noun

Any of the three species of spiny-finned freshwater fish in the genus Perca.

Any of the about 200 related species of fish in the taxonomic family Percidae, especially:

Several similar species in the order Perciformes, such as the grouper.

Words that are spelled similarly to perch:
perch, porch, peach, percy, parch, pirch, perth, merch, perce, perc, pech, kerch, perca, pearch, percs, petch, lerch, purch, pesch, pench, perich, perh, ferch, peech, percé, berch, verch.

Words that are triggered by (strongly associated with) the word perch:
burbot, ruffe, grunter, bluegill, pickerel, bullhead, crucian, crappie, muskellunge, walleye, bream, barramundi, tench, gudgeon, sunfish, stickleback, largemouth, sucker, dace, whitefish, chub, carp, catfish, smelt, shiner, spangled, rockfish, zander, tilapia, impoundment, minnow, crayfish, trout, pike, stocked, roach, eel, grayling, sturgeon, angling, rudd, eels, colourful, hovering, prey, cisco, cod, pygmy, bony, rainbow, bleak, herring, caen, foliage, freshwater, upland, insects, salmon, fish, striped, fishery, nest, bass, boating, nectar, nile, fishes, spawning, upright, catch, saratoga, feed, plumage, brook, fishing, inhabit, tails, lake, temperate, insect, endangered, endemic, abundance, canopy, pond, spotted, eat, birds, camping, feeds, fisheries, naturally, tend, feeding, aquatic, breeding, eggs, species, predators, breeds.

Words that rhyme with perch:
search, research, church, lurch, birch, scientific research, smirch, burch, catholic church, greek orthodox church, durch, coptic church, eastern church, protestant episcopal church, empirical research, operations research, high church, roman catholic church, christian church, episcopal church, mormon church, greek church, paper birch, canoe birch, doctor of the church, white birch, black birch, orthodox church, bertsch, protestant church, methodist church, american white birch, anglican church, silver birch, baptist church, russian orthodox church, upchurch, common birch, eastern orthodox church, western church, established church, red birch, american gray birch, european white birch, gray birch, congregational church, old catholic church, sweet birch, yukon white birch, cherry birch, river birch, roman church, swamp birch, yellow birch, director of research, presbyterian church, byzantine church, newfoundland dwarf birch, downy birch, funeral church, lutheran church, united methodist church, american dwarf birch, wesleyan methodist church, unitarian church, water birch, orthodox catholic church, western birch, western paper birch, mountain birch, congregational christian church, right of search, high anglican church, lerche, mennonite church, gertsch, whitchurch, burtch, bertch, bertsche.

Adjectives that are often used to describe perch:
yellow, high, white, lofty, nile, pike, precarious, small, favorite, ocean, elevated, golden, rocky, safe, low, comfortable, favourite, fine, airy, usual, big, wooden, convenient, narrow, highest, perilous, eyed, sun, juvenile, sea, distant, giant, uncomfortable, top, conspicuous, fresh, fried, nearby, speckled, prominent, secure, nice, perfect, tiny, female, sized, lonely, aerial, blue, hidden, eagle, square, adult, freshwater, suitable, dizzy, striped, accustomed, giddy, silver, eurasian, nearest, larval, fat, insecure, customary, pound.

Nouns that are often described by the adjective perch:
nielsen, fishing, phaeton, fisher, pike, prism, bolt, rod, eggs, stones, hook, fry, mother, bolts, population, block, eye, hole, tilapia, spawn, family, pool, kind, show, pole, percopsis, reel, bed, coos, populations.

Consonant match to perch:
pitch, patch, pouch, poach, peach, putsch, pooch, potch, poche, piche, piech, pietsch, puche, pitsch, petsche, pautsch, petsch.

Words that sound like perch:
perch, purch, pirch, perche, purge, perge, birch, burch, pre, prix, pree, prie, pri, paree, pery, putsch, peri-, pre-, prae, purree, prae-, pray, pearl, prey, pro, pitch, porch, peach, patch, preach, per, peru, perk, pert, perv, pers, perched, porche, parch, prow, perl, perve, perc, perse, pra, pich, pero, perce, pere, prue, prt, pera, pearle, ppor, pru, pearch, perot, prk, prn, pach, peart, perle, potch, pearse, poche, pern, prr, preu, proo, proe, petch, peche, proach, piche, prach, pch, pirk, prau, pritch, percher, pirl, perz, pirt, prs, prc, pitsch, pietsch, piech, prss, pirn, perh, petsche, percha, perte, prao, perq, pro-, pirc, ppar, preux.