Definitions for perish

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perish per·ish

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IPA: /ˈpɛr ɪʃ/

Perish is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 11 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 11 points.

You can make 132 anagrams from letters in perish (ehiprs).

Definitions for perish

Idioms

1. perish the thought, may it never happen: used facetiously or as an afterthought of foreboding.

verb (used without object)

1. to die or be destroyed through violence, privation, etc.:
2. to pass away or disappear:
3. to suffer destruction or ruin:
4. to suffer spiritual death:

Origin of perish

1200-50; Middle English perissen Old French periss-, long stem of perir Latin perīre to perish, literally, go through, spend fully, equivalent to per- per- + īre to go

Examples for perish

Leave Castell and rush for the waist of the ship and so perish, or stay and die there?

And those who really feel that they will perish unless they have 32 ounces of Mountain Dew Code Red can simply buy two.

World War II offers innumerable opportunities for her to perish during the Blitz.

If God withdrew His protecting hand, I should perish immediately.

Not an inappropriate night for the Chief Witch to fall off his broomstick and perish in a fierce firefight.

By all accounts he had expected to perish with the other Elders.

And that pressure will consist entirely of one message: resist, at all costs, or perish.

Like Elizabeth, her "memorial" is short, but it does not "perish with her."

It were sin, thought I, that my secret should perish with me.

Mr Verloc never meant Stevie to perish with such abrupt violence.