perch
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
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- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
support consisting of a branch or rod that serves as a resting place (especially for a bird)
Types & categories
Parts & wholes
- roost part holonym
Related & opposite
- perch derivation
Sense 2 verb
sit, as on a branch
The birds perched high in the tree
Types & categories
- sit hypernym
Related & opposite
Sense 3 noun
a linear measure of 16.5 feet
Types & categories
- linear unit hypernym
Parts & wholes
Related & opposite
- Great Britain domain region
Sense 4 verb
to come to rest, settle
Misfortune lighted upon him
Types & categories
- land hypernym
Sense 5 noun
a square rod of land
Types & categories
- area unit hypernym
Sense 6 verb
cause to perch or sit
She perched her hat on her head
Types & categories
- put hypernym
Sense 7 noun
an elevated place serving as a seat
Types & categories
- seat hypernym
Sense 8 noun
any of numerous fishes of America and Europe
Types & categories
- freshwater fish hypernym
Parts & wholes
- yellow perch part holonym
- European perch part holonym
Sense 9 noun
spiny-finned freshwater food and game fishes
Types & categories
- percoid fish hypernym
- yellow perch hyponym
- European perch hyponym
- pike-perch hyponym
- snail darter hyponym
Parts & wholes
- Percidae member holonym
Sense 10 noun
any of numerous spiny-finned fishes of various families of the order Perciformes
Types & categories
- percoid fish hypernym
Parts & wholes
- Perciformes member holonym
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | perch |
| 1 | part holonym | Parts & wholes | roost |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | support |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | roost |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | Insessores |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | perch |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | rest |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | roost |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | roost |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | percher |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | sit |
| 3 | domain region | Related & opposite | Great Britain |
| 3 | part holonym | Parts & wholes | furlong |
| 3 | part meronym | Parts & wholes | yard |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | linear unit |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | land |
| 5 | hypernym | Types & categories | area unit |
| 6 | hypernym | Types & categories | put |
| 7 | hypernym | Types & categories | seat |
| 8 | part holonym | Parts & wholes | yellow perch |
| 8 | part holonym | Parts & wholes | European perch |
| 8 | hypernym | Types & categories | freshwater fish |
| 9 | member holonym | Parts & wholes | Percidae |
| 9 | hypernym | Types & categories | percoid fish |
| 9 | hyponym | Types & categories | yellow perch |
| 9 | hyponym | Types & categories | European perch |
| 9 | hyponym | Types & categories | pike-perch |
| 9 | hyponym | Types & categories | snail darter |
| 10 | member holonym | Parts & wholes | Perciformes |
| 10 | hypernym | Types & categories | percoid fish |