Roost vs. Perch

Roostnoun

The place where a bird sleeps (usually its nest or a branch).

Roostnoun

A group of birds roosting together.

Roostnoun

(Scotland) The inner roof of a cottage.

Roostnoun

A tidal race.

Roostverb

To settle on a perch in order to sleep or rest

Roostverb

(figurative) to spend the night

Roostnoun

Roast.

Roostnoun

The pole or other support on which fowls rest at night; a perch.

Roostnoun

A collection of fowls roosting together.

Roostverb

See Roust, v. t.

Roostverb

To sit, rest, or sleep, as fowls on a pole, limb of a tree, etc.; to perch.

Roostverb

Fig.; To lodge; to rest; to sleep.

Roostnoun

a shelter with perches for fowl or other birds

Roostnoun

a perch on which domestic fowl rest or sleep

Roostverb

sit, as on a branch;

Roostverb

settle down or stay, as if on a roost

Perchnoun

Any of the three species of spiny-finned freshwater fish in the genus Perca.

Perchnoun

Any of the about 200 related species of fish in the taxonomic family Percidae, especially:

Perchnoun

(South Africa) Acanthopagrus berda

Perchnoun

(Ghana) Distichodus engycephalus, Distichodus rostratus

Perchnoun

(Australia) Johnius belangerii, Macquaria ambigua, Macquaria colonorum, Macquaria novemaculeat, Nemadactylus macropterus

Perchnoun

(USA) Kyphosus azureus

Perchnoun

(UK) Lateolabrax japonicus, Tautogolabrus adspersus

Perchnoun

Several similar species in the order Perciformes, such as the grouper.

Perchnoun

a rod, staff, or branch of a tree etc used as a roost by a bird

Perchnoun

a pole connecting the fore gear and hind gear of a spring carriage; a reach.

Perchnoun

(figurative) a position that is secure and advantageous, especially one which is prominent or elevated

Perchnoun

(figurative) a position that is overly elevated or haughty

Perchnoun

(dated) a linear measure of 2 yards, equal to a rod, a pole or 4 chain; the related square measure

Perchnoun

a cubic measure of stonework equal to 16.6 × 1.5 × 1 feet

Perchnoun

(textiles) a frame used to examine cloth

Perchnoun

a bar used to support a candle (especially in a church)

Perchverb

(intransitive) To rest on (or as if on) a perch; to roost.

Perchverb

(intransitive) To stay in an elevated position.

Perchverb

(transitive) To place something on (or as if on) a perch.

Perchverb

To inspect cloth using a perch.

Perchnoun

Any fresh-water fish of the genus Perca and of several other allied genera of the family Percidæ, as the common American or yellow perch (Perca flavescens syn. Perca Americana), and the European perch (Perca fluviatilis).

Perchnoun

Any one of numerous species of spiny-finned fishes belonging to the Percidæ, Serranidæ, and related families, and resembling, more or less, the true perches.

Perchnoun

A pole; a long staff; a rod; esp., a pole or other support for fowls to roost on or to rest on; a roost; figuratively, any elevated resting place or seat.

Perchnoun

A measure of length containing five and a half yards; a rod, or pole.

Perchnoun

A pole connecting the fore gear and hind gear of a spring carriage; a reach.

Perchverb

To alight or settle, as a bird; to sit or roost.

Perchverb

To place or to set on, or as on, a perch.

Perchverb

To occupy as a perch.

Perchnoun

support consisting of a branch or rod that serves as a resting place (especially for a bird)

Perchnoun

a linear measure of 16.5 feet

Perchnoun

a square rod of land

Perchnoun

an elevated place serving as a seat

Perchnoun

any of numerous fishes of America and Europe

Perchnoun

spiny-finned freshwater food and game fishes

Perchnoun

any of numerous spiny-finned fishes of various families of the order Perciformes

Perchverb

sit, as on a branch;

Perchverb

to come to rest, settle;

Perchverb

cause to perch or sit;

Perch

Perch is a common name for fish of the genus Perca, freshwater gamefish belonging to the family Percidae. The perch, of which three species occur in different geographical areas, lend their name to a large order of vertebrates: the Perciformes, from the Greek: πέρκη (perke), simply meaning perch, and the Latin forma meaning shape.