sit+on+a+perch
11perch — I UK [pɜː(r)tʃ] / US [pɜrtʃ] verb Word forms perch : present tense I/you/we/they perch he/she/it perches present participle perching past tense perched past participle perched 1) [intransitive/transitive] if you perch on something, or if you are… …
12perch — perch1 [ pɜrtʃ ] noun 1. ) count an area or object that a bird uses for resting on, usually above the ground a ) a narrow or small, and usually high, place where someone sits, especially for a short time b ) a place for a building or object that… …
13sit — v. & n. v. (sitting; past and past part. sat) 1 intr. adopt or be in a position in which the body is supported more or less upright by the buttocks resting on the ground or a raised seat etc., with the thighs usu. horizontal. 2 tr. cause to sit;… …
14sit — sit1 /sit/, v., sat or (Archaic) sate; sat or (Archaic) sitten; sitting. v.i. 1. to rest with the body supported by the buttocks or thighs; be seated. 2. to be located or situated: The house sits well up on the slope …
15sit — [c]/sɪt / (say sit) verb (sat or, Archaic, sate, sitting) –verb (i) 1. to rest on the lower part of the body; be seated. 2. to be situated; dwell. 3. to rest or lie. 4. to place oneself in position for an artist, photographer, etc.: to sit for a… …
16sit down — verb 1. take a seat (Freq. 38) • Syn: ↑sit • Ant: ↑arise • Hypernyms: ↑change posture • Verb Group: ↑sit …
17perch — perch1 noun 1》 a thing on which a bird alights or roosts. 2》 a high or narrow seat or resting place. verb 1》 alight, sit, or rest on a perch. 2》 (be perched) (of a building) be situated above or on the edge of something. 3》 (perch someone/thing… …
18sit — verb 1) here, sit on the comfy chair Syn: take a seat, seat oneself, be seated, perch, ensconce oneself, plump oneself, flop; informal take the load/weight off one s feet, plunk oneself, take a load off Ant: stand 2) she sat the package …
19sit — I. verb (sat; sitting) Etymology: Middle English sitten, from Old English sittan; akin to Old High German sizzen to sit, Latin sedēre, Greek hezesthai to sit, hedra seat Date: before 12th century intransitive verb 1. a. to rest on the buttocks or …
20perch — [pɜːtʃ] verb [I/T] I 1) to sit on something that is narrow or small, or to sit on the edge of something 2) to put something high up or on the edge of something, or to be in this position II noun [C] perch [pɜːtʃ] an area or object that a bird… …
