n.
1.support consisting of a branch or rod that serves as a resting place (especially for a bird)
2.a linear measure of 16.5 feet
3.a square rod of land
4.an elevated place serving as a seat
5.any of numerous fishes of America and Europe
6.spiny-finned freshwater food and game fishes
7.any of numerous spiny-finned fishes of various families of the order Perciformes perch v.
1.sit, as on a branch
2.to come to rest, settle
3.cause to perch or sit
Idiom of the Day
on fire
burning, being burned with flames
The house was on fire when the fire truck arrived.