ɹɛst ɹɒd ɹɑd sit, as on a branch The birds perched high in the tree cause to perch or sit She perched her hat on her head to come to rest, settle Misfortune lighted upon him any of numerous spiny-finned fishes of various families of the order Perciformes spiny-finned freshwater food and game fishes support consisting of a branch or rod that serves as a resting place (especially for a bird) any of numerous fishes of America and Europe an elevated place serving as a seat a square rod of land a linear measure of 16.5 feet