Perch vs Settle - What's the difference?
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Any of the three species of spiny-finned freshwater fish in the genus Perca .
Any of the about 200 related species of fish in the taxonomic family Percidae.
Several similar species in the order Perciformes, such as the grouper.
a rod, staff, or branch of a tree etc used as a roost by a bird
* Tennyson
A pole connecting the fore gear and hind gear of a spring carriage; a reach.
a position that is secure and advantageous, especially one which is prominent or elevated
(dated) a linear measure of 5½ yards, equal to a rod, a pole or ¼ chain; the related square measure
a cubic measure of stonework equal to 16.6 × 1.5 × 1 feet
(textiles) a frame used to examine cloth
To rest on (or as if on) a perch; to roost.
To stay in an elevated position.
To place something on (or as if on) a perch.
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(transitive, intransitive, textiles) To inspect cloth using a .
To place in a fixed or permanent condition; to make firm, steady, or stable; to establish; to fix; especially, to establish in life; to fix in business, in a home etc.
* And he settled his countenance steadfastly upon him,until he was ashamed. --2 Kings VIII. 11. (Rev. Ver.)
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(transitive, obsolete, US) To establish in the pastoral office; to ordain or install as pastor or rector of a church, society, or parish.
To cause to be no longer in a disturbed condition; to quieten; to still; to calm; to compose.
* (George Chapman)
* (John Bunyan)
To clear or purify (a liquid) of dregs and impurities by causing them to sink
To restore (ground, roads etc.) or bring to a smooth, dry, or passable condition
To cause to sink; to lower
To determine, as something which is exposed to doubt or question; to free from uncertainty
* (Jonathan Swift)
To pacify (a discussion, quarrel).
(archaic) To adjust (accounts); to liquidate; to balance.
(colloquial) To pay.
To colonize; to move people to (a land or territory).
To become fixed, permanent or stationary; to establish one's self or itself
* (Francis Bacon)
* (John Arbuthnot)
To fix one's residence; to establish a dwelling place or home.
To become married, or a householder.
* (Matthew Prior)
To be established in a profession or in employment.
To become firm, dry, and hard, like the ground after the effects of rain or frost have disappeared.
To become clear after being unclear or vague
* (Joseph Addison)
To sink to the bottom of a body of liquid, for example dregs of a liquid, or the sediment of a reservoir.
To sink gradually to a lower level; to subside, for example the foundation of a house, etc.
To become calm; to stop being agitated
* (William Shakespeare)
To adjust differences or accounts; to come to an agreement.
(obsolete) To make a jointure for a wife.
* (Samuel Garth)
(archaic) A seat of any kind.
* Hampole
A long bench, often with a high back and arms, with storage space underneath for linen.
(obsolete) A place made lower than the rest; a wide step or platform lower than some other part.
* Bible, Ezekiel xliii. 14
As a proper noun perch
is .As a verb settle is
to place in a fixed or permanent condition; to make firm, steady, or stable; to establish; to fix; especially, to establish in life; to fix in business, in a home etc.As a noun settle is
(archaic) a seat of any kind.perch
English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) perche, from (etyl) perca, from (etyl) .Noun
(en-noun)Hyponyms
* Balkhash perch, European perch, yellow perch * (fish in family Percidae) darter, pike-perch, zander * (fish in order Perciformes) bassDerived terms
* (black perch) * (blue perch) * (grey perch) * (gray perch) * (red perch) * (red-bellied perch) * (perch pest) * (silver perch) * (stone perch) * (striped perch) * (white perch)Etymology 2
From (etyl) perche, from (etyl) .Noun
(en-noun)- Not making his high place the lawless perch / Of winged ambitions.
Derived terms
* knock someone off his perchVerb
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settle
English
(Webster 1913)Verb
(settl)- God settled then the huge whale-bearing lake.
- Hoping that sleep might settle his brains.
- It will settle the wavering, and confirm the doubtful.
- to settle a bill
- The wind came about and settled in the west.
- Chyleruns through all the intermediate colors until it settles in an intense red.
- As people marry now and settle .
- A government, on such occasions, is always thick before it settles .
- Till the fury of his highness settle , Come not before him.
- He sighs with most success that settles well.
Synonyms
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* (to place in a fixed or permanent condition) remove * (l) * (l) * (l)Derived terms
* (l) * (l) * (l) * (l) * (l) * (l) * (l) * (l) * (l)Noun
(en noun)- upon the settle of his majesty
- And from the bottom upon the ground, even to the lower settle , shall be two cubits, and the breadth one cubit.