different between abide vs perch

English

Etymology

From Middle English abiden, from Old English ?b?dan (“to abide, wait, remain, delay, remain behind; survive; wait for, await; expect”), from Proto-Germanic *uzb?dan? (“to expect, tolerate”), equivalent to a- +? bide. Cognate with Scots abyde (“to abide, remain”), Middle High German erb?ten (“to await, expect”), Gothic ???????????????????????????????? (usbeidan, “to expect, await, have patience”). The sense of pay for is due to influence from aby.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /??ba?d/
• (US) IPA^(key): /??ba?d/
• Rhymes: -a?d

Verb

abide (third-person singular simple present abides, present participle abiding, simple past abode or abided, past participle abode or abided or (rare) abidden)

1. (transitive) To endure without yielding; to withstand. [from mid-12th century]

   Synonyms: hold on, resist, persevere; see also Thesaurus:persevere

2. (transitive) To bear patiently. [from late 15th century]

   Synonyms: brook, put up with, tolerate; see also Thesaurus:tolerate
3. (transitive) To pay for; to stand the consequences of. [from late 16th century]

   Synonyms: answer for, suffer, atone
4. Used in a phrasal verb: abide by (“to accept and act in accordance with”).

5. (intransitive, obsolete) To wait in expectation. [from mid-12th to mid-17th century]

   Synonyms: hold on, stay; see also Thesaurus:wait
6. (intransitive, obsolete) To pause; to delay. [from c. 1150-1350 to mid-17th century]
7. (intransitive, archaic) To stay; to continue in a place; to remain stable or fixed in some state or condition; to be left. [from c. 1150-1350]
8. (intransitive, archaic) To have one's abode. [from c. 1350-1470]

   Synonyms: dwell, live, reside; see also Thesaurus:reside
9. (intransitive, archaic) To endure; to remain; to last. [from c. 1350-1470]
10. (transitive, archaic) To stand ready for; to await for someone; watch for. [from early 12th century]

    Synonyms: await, wait for; see also Thesaurus:wait for
11. (transitive, obsolete) To endure or undergo a hard trial or a task; to stand up under. [from c. 1150-1350 to early 18th century.]
12. (transitive, archaic) To await submissively; accept without question; submit to. [from c. 1350-1470.]

Usage notes

• (bear patiently): The negative form can't abide is used to indicate strong dislike.

Related terms

• abidable / abideable
• abide by
• abider
• abidest (archaic second-person singular present form; with “thou”)
• law-abiding

Translations

References

Anagrams

• Beida, Bieda

Estonian

Noun

abide

1. genitive plural of abi

Turkish

Etymology 1

From Arabic ?????? (??bida). The sense of monument first attested around 1908 with respect to the Monument of Liberty (Âbide-i Hürriyet) then under construction in Istanbul.

Alternative forms

• âbide

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a?.bi?de/

Noun

abide

1. something of monumental importance
2. monument

Declension

References

• abide in Turkish dictionaries at Türk Dil Kurumu

Etymology 2

Noun

abide

1. locative singular of abi

English

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /p??t?/
• (US) IPA^(key): /p?t?/
• Rhymes: -??(?)t?

Etymology 1

From Middle English perche, from Old French perche, from Latin perca, from Ancient Greek ????? (pérk?, “perch”), cognate with ??????? (perknós, “dark-spotted”).

Noun

perch (plural perches or perch)

1. Any of the three species of spiny-finned freshwater fish in the genus Perca.
2. Any of the about 200 related species of fish in the taxonomic family Percidae, especially:
   1. (South Africa) Acanthopagrus berda
   2. (Ghana) Distichodus engycephalus, Distichodus rostratus
   3. (Australia) Johnius belangerii, Macquaria ambigua, Macquaria colonorum, Macquaria novemaculeata, Nemadactylus macropterus
   4. (US) Kyphosus azureus
   5. (Britain) Lateolabrax japonicus, Tautogolabrus adspersus
3. Several similar species in the order Perciformes, such as the grouper.

Hyponyms

• (fish in genus Perca): Balkhash perch, European perch, yellow perch
• (fish in family Percidae): darter, pike-perch, zander
• (fish in order Perciformes): bass

Derived terms

• American perch (Perca flavescens)
• Balkhash perch (Perca schrenkii)
• bass perch (Morone americana)
• black perch (Embiotoca jacksoni)
• blue perch (Badis badis)
• bluenose perch (Morone americana)
• great perch (Nemadactylus douglasii)
• gray perch (Morone americana)
• lake perch (Perca flavescens)
• logperch
• perch pest
• perchlet
• pikeperch
• raccoon perch (Perca flavescens)
• red perch
  • red gurnard perch (Helicolenus percoides)
  • rose fish (Sebastes norvegicus)
  • Pacific ocean perch (Sebastes alutus)
  • Japanese red seaperch (Sebastes inermis)
  • barber perch (Caesioperca rasor)
• red-bellied perch (Lepomis auritus)
• ring-tail perch (Perca flavescens)
• ringed perch (Perca flavescens)
• rockperch (Girella tricuspidata)
• sandperch
• sea perch (Morone americana)
• seaperch
• silver perch (Morone americana)
• stone perch (Acerina cernua)
• striped perch (Perca flavescens)
• surfperch
• trout-perch (Persopsis omiscomaycus)
• white perch (Morone americana)
• yellow perch (Perca flavescens)

Translations

Etymology 2

From Middle English perche, from Old French perche, from Latin pertica (“staff”, “long pole”, “measuring rod”).

Noun

perch (plural perches or perch)

1. A rod, staff, or branch of a tree etc used as a roost by a bird.
   • 1859, Alfred Tennyson, Idylls of the King, Dedication

     Not making his high place the lawless perch / Of winged ambitions.

2. A pole connecting the fore gear and hind gear of a spring carriage; a reach.
3. (figuratively) A position that is secure and advantageous, especially one which is prominent or elevated.
4. (figuratively) A position that is overly elevated or haughty.

5. (dated) A linear measure of 5+¹?₂ yards, equal to a rod, a pole or ¹?₄ chain; the related square measure.
6. A cubic measure of stonework equal to 16.6 × 1.5 × 1 feet.
7. (textiles) A frame used to examine cloth.
8. A bar used to support a candle, especially in a church.
9. (theater) A platform for lights to be directed at the stage.

Derived terms

• knock someone off his perch

Translations

Verb

perch (third-person singular simple present perches, present participle perching, simple past and past participle perched)

1. (intransitive) To rest on a perch (especially, of a bird); to roost.

2. (intransitive) To sit upon the edge of something.
3. (intransitive) To stay in an elevated position.
4. (transitive) To place something on (or as if on) a perch.
5. (transitive, intransitive, textiles) To inspect cloth using a perch.

Translations

Middle English

Noun

perch

1. Alternative form of perche (“pole”)