Perch

Tanımlar (İngilizce)

1. isim Any of the three species of spiny-finned freshwater fish in the genus Perca.
2. isim Acanthopagrus berda
3. isim Distichodus engycephalus, Distichodus rostratus
4. isim Johnius belangerii, Macquaria ambigua, Macquaria colonorum, Macquaria novemaculeata, Nemadactylus macropterus
5. isim Kyphosus azureus
6. isim Lateolabrax japonicus, Tautogolabrus adspersus
7. isim Several similar species in the order Perciformes, such as the grouper.
8. isim A rod, staff, tree branch, ledge, etc., used as a roost by a bird.

   “We know him now: […] / Not making his high place the lawless perch / Of wing'd ambitions, nor a vantage-ground / For pleasure; […]”

9. isim A pole connecting the fore gear and hind gear of a spring carriage; a reach.
10. isim A position that is secure and advantageous, especially one which is prominent or elevated.

    “Last year, Eighth Grade found poignancy and humor in its eponymous time period: that purgatorial perch between childhood and adulthood.”

11. isim A position that is overly elevated or haughty.

    “You may thanke me, (Lady) / I haue taken you off your mellancholly pearch, / Boare you vpon my fiſt, and ſhew'd you game, / And let you flie at it: I pray the kiſſe me, […]”

12. isim A linear measure of 5+¹⁄₂ yards, equal to a rod, a pole or ¹⁄₄ chain; the related square measure.

    “The whole surface of the country is divided into irregular patches, following the undulations of the ground, from many acres to a few perches in extent, each of which is itself perfectly level, but stands a few inches or several feet above or below those adjacent to it.”

13. isim A cubic measure of stonework equal to 16.6 × 1.5 × 1 feet.
14. isim A frame used to examine cloth.
15. isim A bar used to support a candle, especially in a church.
16. isim A platform for lights to be directed at the stage.
17. fiil To rest on a perch (especially, of a bird); to roost.

    “The macaw perched on Jim's shoulder.”

18. fiil To sit upon the edge of something.

    “The platform was already crowded, but the newcomers threaded their way to the front amid a decorous murmur of welcome. Mr. Peeble shoved and exhorted and two end seats emerged upon which Enid and Malone perched themselves.”

19. fiil To stay in an elevated position.
20. fiil To place something on (or as if on) a perch.
21. fiil To inspect cloth using a perch.
22. özel isim A surname.
23. özel isim a type of freshwater fish