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   perch

   /pəːtʃ/

   noun

   • 1. an object on which a bird alights or roosts, typically a branch or horizontal bar: "the budgerigar shuffled along its perch"
   • ▪ a place where someone or something rests or sits, especially one that is high or precarious: "Marian looked down from her perch in a beech tree above the road"

   verb

   • 1. (of a bird) alight or rest on something: "a herring gull perched on the rails" Similar roostsitrestalightsettlelandcome to rest
   • ▪ (of a person) sit on something high or narrow: "Eve perched on the side of the armchair"
   • ▪ (of a building) be situated above or on the edge of something: "the fortress is perched on a crag in the mountains"
   • ▪ set or balance someone or something on: "Peter perched a pair of gold-rimmed spectacles on his nose" Similar putplacesetrestbalance

   Word Origin late Middle English: the noun from perch3; the verb from Old French percher.

   Derivatives

   • 1. percher noun

   Scrabble Points: 12

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