Associations to the word «Perish»
Noun
- Earth
- Athenian
- Strife
- Righteousness
- Comrade
- Wisdom
- Swim
- Curse
- Shame
- Deed
- Oblivion
- Allah
- Tempest
- Sickness
- Tiberius
- Resolve
- Kaufman
- Achilles
- Tremble
- Sinking
- Zodiac
- Socrates
- Glory
- Wreck
- Immortal
- Atrocity
- If
- Plunder
- Remembrance
- Loving
- Pity
- Serpent
- Crewman
- Thousand
- Shrink
- Aged
- Malice
- Neglect
- Deluge
- Jealousy
- Tabernacle
- Abode
- Executioner
- Arjuna
- Abandon
- Greatness
- Spoil
- Garment
- Contempt
- Flesh
- Scorn
- Psalm
- Praying
- Distress
- Impossibility
- Christ
- Offspring
- Grub
- Conqueror
Adjective
Wiktionary
PERISH, verb. (intransitive) To pass away; to come to naught; to waste away; to decay and disappear.
PERISH, verb. (intransitive) To die; to cease to live.
PERISH, verb. (transitive) (obsolete) To cause to perish.
Dictionary definition
PERISH, verb. Pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life; "She died from cancer"; "The children perished in the fire"; "The patient went peacefully"; "The old guy kicked the bucket at the age of 102".
Wise words
Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary
meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the
truants in custody and bring them back to their right
senses.