Perish

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • verb-intransitive. To die or be destroyed, especially in a violent or untimely manner: "Must then a Christ perish in torment in every age to save those who have no imagination?” ( George Bernard Shaw).
  • verb-intransitive. To pass from existence; disappear gradually: "Man will go down into the pit, and all his thoughts will perish” ( A.J. Balfour).
  • verb-intransitive. Chiefly British To spoil or deteriorate.
  • v. To bring to destruction; destroy: "Many foul blights/Perish'd his hard won gains” ( Thomas Hood).
  • idiom. perish the thought Used to express the wish that one not even think about something.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • v. To pass away; to come to naught; to waste away; to decay and disappear.
  • v. To die; to cease to live.
  • v. To cause to perish.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • verb-intransitive. To be destroyed; to pass away; to become nothing; to be lost; to die; hence, to wither; to waste away.
  • v. To cause perish.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • To pass away; come to naught; waste away; decay and disappear.
  • To cease to live; die.
  • Synonyms Expire, Decease, etc. See die.
  • To bring to naught; injure; destroy; kill.
  • An obsolete form of pierce.
  • n. The act of perishing: in the following slang phrase.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • v. pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life
  • Verb Form
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    turn    change state   
    Cross Reference
    Hyponym
    suffocate    famish    asphyxiate    yield    drown    predecease    starve    pip out    succumb    fall   
    Form
    perished    perishing   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    die    decay    end    pass away    decease   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Parrish    barish    bearish    cherish    garish    marish    parish