verb
    
    perches; perched; perching
    
    [no obj] :to sit on or be on something high or on something from which it is easy to fall - usually + on
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    [+ obj] :to put (someone or something) on something high or on something from which it is easy to fall
    
    
    
    usually used as (be) perched
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    noun
    
    plural perches
    
    [count] something (such as a tree branch) that a bird sits on
    
    
    
    a high seat or location
    
    
    
    noun
    
    plural perch or perches
    
    [count, noncount] :a fish that lives in rivers and streams and that is eaten as food - compare 2perch