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per·ish  (prsh)

v. per·ished, per·ish·ing, per·ish·es

v.intr.

1. 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).

2. To pass from existence; disappear gradually: "Man will go down into the pit, and all his thoughts will perish" (A.J. Balfour).

3. Chiefly British To spoil or deteriorate.

v.tr.

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.

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[Middle English perishen, from Old French perir, periss-, to perish, from Latin perre : per-, per- + re, to go; see ei- in Indo-European roots.]

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perish [ˈpɛrɪʃ]

vb (intr)

1. to be destroyed or die, esp in an untimely way

2. to rot leather perishes if exposed to bad weather

perish the thought! may it never be or happen thus

n

do a perish Austral informal to die or come near to dying of thirst or starvation

[from Old French périr, from Latin perīre to pass away entirely, from per- (away) + īre to go]

Thesaurus

Verb

1.

perish - 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" croak, decease, die, drop dead, buy the farm, cash in one's chips, give-up the ghost, kick the bucket, pass away, snuff it, pop off, expire, conk, exit, choke, go, pass abort - cease development, die, and be aborted; "an aborting fetus" change state, turn - undergo a transformation or a change of position or action; "We turned from Socialism to Capitalism"; "The people turned against the President when he stole the election" asphyxiate, stifle, suffocate - be asphyxiated; die from lack of oxygen; "The child suffocated under the pillow" buy it, pip out - be killed or die; drown - die from being submerged in water, getting water into the lungs, and asphyxiating; "The child drowned in the lake" predecease - die before; die earlier than; "She predeceased her husband" conk out, go bad, break down, die, fail, give out, give way, break, go - stop operating or functioning; "The engine finally went"; "The car died on the road"; "The bus we travelled in broke down on the way to town"; "The coffee maker broke"; "The engine failed on the way to town"; "her eyesight went after the accident" starve, famish - die of food deprivation; "The political prisoners starved to death"; "Many famished in the countryside during the drought" die - suffer or face the pain of death; "Martyrs may die every day for their faith" fall - die, as in battle or in a hunt; "Many soldiers fell at Verdun"; "Several deer have fallen to the same gun"; "The shooting victim fell dead" succumb, yield - be fatally overwhelmed

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perish

verb

1. die, be killed, be lost, expire, pass away, lose your life, decease, cark it (Austral. & N.Z. slang) the ferry disaster in which 193 passengers perished

2. be destroyed, fall, decline, collapse, disappear, vanish, go under Civilizations do eventually decline and perish.

3. rot, waste away, break down, decay, wither, disintegrate, decompose, moulder The rubber lining had perished.

Translations

perish [ˈperɪʃ]

A. VI

1. [person] → perecer, fallecer
we shall do it or perish in the attempt → lo conseguiremos o moriremos intentándolo
he perished at sea → murió en el mar
perish the thought! → ¡Dios me libre!

2. [food, material] → deteriorarse, estropearse

B. VT → deteriorar, estropear
to be perished (with cold) → estar helado

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perish [ˈpɛrɪʃ] vi

(= die) [person] → périr; [animal] → mourir
the ferry disaster in which 193 passengers perished → le naufrage du ferry dans lequel 193 passagers ont péri
Most of the butterflies perish in the first frosts of autumn → La plupart des papillons meurent lors des premières gelées d'automne.

[rubber, tyre] → se détériorer

perish the thought! (rejecting an idea) → Dieu m'en préserve!

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perish

vi

(liter) (= die) → umkommen, sterben; (= be destroyed: cities, civilization) → untergehen; we shall do it or perish in the attempt → wir werden es machen, koste es, was es wolle; he perished at sea → er fand den Tod auf See; perish the thought! (inf) → Gott behüte or bewahre!

(rubber, leather etc) → verschleißen, brüchig werden; (food) → verderben, schlecht werden

vt rubber, leather → zerstören, brüchig werden lassen

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perish [ˈpɛrɪʃ] vi (person) → perire, morire; (material) → deteriorarsi

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perish [ˈpɛrɪʃ] vi (person) → perire, morire; (material) → deteriorarsi

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perish

v perish [ˈperiʃ]

to die, especially in war, accident etc Many people perished in the earthquake. vergaan يَهْلَك، يَفْنى загивам zahynout omkomme umkommen πεθαίνω, χάνομαι perecer, fallecer hukkuma مردن menehtyä périr לַמוּת मरना, मर जाना poginuti elpusztul binasa farast, deyja perire 死ぬ 죽다 žūti, mirti iet bojā terkorban om het leven komen omkomme, dø zginąć morrer a pieri погибать, умирать zahynúť umreti umreti dö, omkomma, gå under เสียชีวิต ölmek, can vermek 死去 гинути ہلاک ہونا chết/ diệt vong 死去

adj perishable

(especially of food) likely to go bad quickly Butter is perishable. bederfbaar عُرضَة لِلهَلاك، قابلِ للتَّلَف нетраен rychle se kazící letfordærvelig leichtverderblich που αλλοιώνεται γρήγορα perecedero kergelt riknev فاسد شدنی pilaantuva périssable מִתקַלקֵל מָהֵר बिगड़ने या खराब होने वाला pokvarljiv (hrana) romlandó mudah rusak viðkvæmur, sem þolir illa geymslu deteriorabile, deperibile 腐りやすい 상하기 쉬운 greitai gendantis ātri lietojams; tāds, kas ātri bojājas tdk tahan lama beperkt houdbaar lett bedervelig łatwo psujący się deteriorável peri­sabil; alte­rabil скоропортящийся rýchlo sa kaziaci pokvarljiv kvarljiv förgänglig, ömtålig ซึ่งเสียได้ง่าย çabuk bozulan 容易腐爛的 такий, що швидко псується جلد خراب ہونے والا، فناپذير dễ hỏng 容易腐烂的