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[ verb ] sit, as on a branch

Synonyms

perch rest

Examples

"The birds perched high in the tree"

Used in print

(Philip Reaves, "Who Rules the Marriage Bed?"...)

This carried_over into the more urbanized late 19 th and early 20 th centuries , when the man ruled the roost in the best bull_roaring Life_With_Father manner .

Related terms

sit rest perch percher insessores

2
[ noun ] a shelter with perches for fowl or other birds

Related terms

shelter henroost perch perch

3
[ verb ] settle down or stay, as if on a roost

Related terms

settle

4
[ noun ] a perch on which domestic fowl rest or sleep

Related terms

perch perch

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