simple past tense and past participle of perch

Situated as if balancing above something.

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

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.

(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.

present participle of perch

The act of something that perches.

(textiles) Inspection of cloth before finishing.

plural of perch

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of perch