simple past tense and past participle of perch

Situated as if balancing above something.

The act of something that perches.

(textiles) Inspection of cloth before finishing.

present participle of perch

plural of perch

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of perch

Any of the three species of spiny-finned freshwater fish in the genus Perca. / (South Africa) Acanthopagrus berda / (Ghana) Distichodus engycephalus, Distichodus rostratus

(intransitive) To rest on a perch (especially, of a bird); to roost. / (intransitive) To sit upon the edge of something. / (intransitive) To stay in an elevated position.

A rod, staff, tree branch, ledge, etc., used as a roost by a bird. / A pole connecting the fore gear and hind gear of a spring carriage; a reach.