--- title: P — The English dictionary with trees and pragmatics · page 20 description: The 1498 words of the English dictionary under P, every meaning for a pupil and every example with its dependency tree and pragmatics. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/P/page/20/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [dictionaries](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/) / [English dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/) / P # P — The English dictionary · page 20 [A](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/A/) · [B](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/B/) · [C](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/C/) · [D](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/D/) · 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*Everyday, meaning 1:* Not to be trusted; breaking promises and betraying people who trusted you.[↗](../../perfidious/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Heracles marched against Augeas for his perfidious conduct.[↗](../../perfidious/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The perfidious pirates were bearing down upon the warriors.[↗](../../perfidious/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") **perforation** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A small hole, or one of a line of small holes, made in paper so it can be torn off neatly.[↗](../../perforation/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A hole made through something.[↗](../../perforation/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (medicine) A hole in a part of the body that should not have one, such as a perforated eardrum.[↗](../../perforation/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Tear the coupon along the perforation.[↗](../../perforation/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Stamps have tiny perforations around their edges.[↗](../../perforation/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Toilet paper has perforations so you can tear one sheet.[↗](../../perforation/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The doctor said he had a small perforation in his eardrum.[↗](../../perforation/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Draw a dotted line to show where the perforation goes.[↗](../../perforation/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The metal sheet was full of perforations to let air through.[↗](../../perforation/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **perform** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* To perform is to act, sing, dance or play music for an audience.[↗](../../perform/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* To perform a task is to do it, especially a difficult or exact one.[↗](../../perform/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* To perform well or badly is to work or do well or badly.[↗](../../perform/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Our class will perform a play at assembly.[↗](../../perform/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The band performed three songs.[↗](../../perform/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Perform the calculation carefully.[↗](../../perform/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · We performed an experiment with magnets.[↗](../../perform/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The surgeon performed the operation.[↗](../../perform/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · She performed well in her test.[↗](../../perform/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · The car performs well on snow.[↗](../../perform/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Do not promise more than you can perform.[↗](../../perform/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · And He declared unto you His covenant, which He commanded you to perform, even the ten words; and He wrote them upon two tables of stone.[↗](../../perform/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah DEU.4.13, JPS 1917)[↗](../../perform/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · And Judah said unto Onan: 'Go in unto thy brother's wife, and perform the duty of a husband's brother unto her, and raise up seed to thy brother.'[↗](../../perform/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah GEN.38.8, JPS 1917)[↗](../../perform/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · Thou wilt surely wear away, both thou, and this people that is with thee; for the thing is too heavy for thee; thou art not able to perform it thyself alone.[↗](../../perform/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah EXO.18.18, JPS 1917)[↗](../../perform/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") · The zeal of the LORD of hosts doth perform this.[↗](../../perform/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets ISA.9.6, JPS 1917)[↗](../../perform/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") · I have inclined my heart to perform Thy statutes, for ever, at every step.[↗](../../perform/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings PSA.119.112, JPS 1917)[↗](../../perform/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") · He frustrateth the devices of the crafty, so that their hands can perform nothing substantial.[↗](../../perform/#x14 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings JOB.5.12, JPS 1917)[↗](../../perform/#x14 "tree and pragmatics") **performance** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A performance is a show of acting, music or dance in front of an audience.[↗](../../performance/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Performance is how well someone or something does a job or task.[↗](../../performance/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* A performance is the act of doing something.[↗](../../performance/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Our school performance was a big success.[↗](../../performance/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Tickets for the evening performance are sold out.[↗](../../performance/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Her performance in the test was excellent.[↗](../../performance/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The team's performance improved after training.[↗](../../performance/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The new computer has better performance.[↗](../../performance/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · He gave a brilliant performance as the wolf.[↗](../../performance/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Before starting your performance, salute your audience!”[↗](../../performance/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **performer** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A person who entertains an audience by acting, singing, dancing, playing music or doing tricks.[↗](../../performer/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A person or thing that does well or badly at something: «a top performer».[↗](../../performer/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The street performer juggled flaming torches.[↗](../../performer/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Every performer bowed at the end of the show.[↗](../../performer/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · She's a natural performer and loves the stage.[↗](../../performer/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The circus performers did amazing tricks.[↗](../../performer/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Give the performers a big round of applause\![↗](../../performer/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · He was the top performer in the maths competition.[↗](../../performer/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Both of the performers appeared on the stage.[↗](../../performer/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **performest** — *Early Modern English, meaning 1:* «performest» means «you perform», a form of «perform».[↗](../../performest/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *e.g.* To perform is to act, sing, dance or play music for an audience.[↗](../../performest/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* "Who art thou?" he asked, "whose outward appearance is that of an animal, while thou willingly performest acts of mercy?"[↗](../../performest/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") (Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen) **perfume** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A liquid with a nice strong smell that people put on their skin.[↗](../../perfume/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A pleasant smell, like that of flowers.[↗](../../perfume/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (verb) To give something a nice smell.[↗](../../perfume/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Mum got a bottle of perfume for her birthday.[↗](../../perfume/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The perfume of the roses filled the garden.[↗](../../perfume/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The smell of the perfume spread across the room.[↗](../../perfume/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Don't spray perfume near your eyes.[↗](../../perfume/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Grandma's perfume smells of lavender.[↗](../../perfume/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Perfume is made from flowers, spices and other things.[↗](../../perfume/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · The air was perfumed with honeysuckle.[↗](../../perfume/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Too much perfume can give people a headache.[↗](../../perfume/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · Do you not smell the sweet perfume from flower and bush?[↗](../../perfume/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · And thou shalt make of it incense, a perfume after the art of the perfumer, seasoned with salt, pure and holy.[↗](../../perfume/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah EXO.30.35, JPS 1917)[↗](../../perfume/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · And thou shalt make it a holy anointing oil, a perfume compounded after the art of the perfumer; it shall be a holy anointing oil.[↗](../../perfume/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah EXO.30.25, JPS 1917)[↗](../../perfume/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") · I have perfumed my bed with myrrh, aloes, and cinnamon.[↗](../../perfume/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings PRO.7.17, JPS 1917)[↗](../../perfume/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") · Ointment and perfume rejoice the heart; so doth the sweetness of a man's friend by hearty counsel.[↗](../../perfume/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings PRO.27.9, JPS 1917)[↗](../../perfume/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") · Who is this that cometh up out of the wilderness like pillars of smoke, perfumed with myrrh and frankincense, with all powders of the merchant?[↗](../../perfume/#x14 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings SNG.3.6, JPS 1917)[↗](../../perfume/#x14 "tree and pragmatics") **perfumer** — *In Jewish tradition, meaning 1:* A person whose work is making perfume.[↗](../../perfumer/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* And he made the holy anointing oil, and the pure incense of sweet spices, after the art of the perfumer.[↗](../../perfumer/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah EXO.37.29, JPS 1917)[↗](../../perfumer/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · And thou shalt make of it incense, a perfume after the art of the perfumer, seasoned with salt, pure and holy.[↗](../../perfumer/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah EXO.30.35, JPS 1917)[↗](../../perfumer/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · And thou shalt make it a holy anointing oil, a perfume compounded after the art of the perfumer; it shall be a holy anointing oil.[↗](../../perfumer/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah EXO.30.25, JPS 1917)[↗](../../perfumer/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · And he will take your daughters to be perfumers, and to be cooks, and to be bakers.[↗](../../perfumer/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets 1SA.8.13, JPS 1917)[↗](../../perfumer/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · And next unto him repaired Hananiah one of the perfumers, and they restored Jerusalem even unto the broad wall.[↗](../../perfumer/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings NEH.3.8, JPS 1917)[↗](../../perfumer/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Dead flies make the ointment of the perfumer fetid and putrid; so doth a little folly outweigh wisdom and honour.[↗](../../perfumer/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings ECC.10.1, JPS 1917)[↗](../../perfumer/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **perhaps** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Perhaps means maybe; it is possible but not certain.[↗](../../perhaps/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Used to make a request or idea sound polite.[↗](../../perhaps/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Perhaps it will snow tomorrow.[↗](../../perhaps/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Perhaps the cat is hiding under the bed.[↗](../../perhaps/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Perhaps you could close the window, please.[↗](../../perhaps/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · "Will you come?" "[↗](../../perhaps/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") Perhaps."[↗](../../perhaps/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Perhaps the answer is 12, but let me check.[↗](../../perhaps/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · She was perhaps the fastest runner in the school.[↗](../../perhaps/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Perhaps we should take an umbrella.[↗](../../perhaps/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · “Perhaps he is ill,” Michael said.[↗](../../perhaps/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · The "Sepher Yetzirah," or "Book of Formation," is perhaps the oldest philosophical treatise which is yet extant in the Hebrew language.[↗](../../perhaps/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893)[↗](../../perhaps/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · The expression בְּלִי\[\]מָה beli\[-\]mah can be understood as either one word or two, with both readings being plausible and perhaps intended, and manuscripts commonly varying between the one- and two-word renditions.[↗](../../perhaps/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Sefer Yetzirah, Sefaria community translation)[↗](../../perhaps/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · The conception of Creation as a network of ontological interdependencies is perhaps apparent in the ‘231 gates’ referred to above in SY 2:4; see also SY 6:2.\][↗](../../perhaps/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") How did He combine them?[↗](../../perhaps/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") (Sefer Yetzirah, Sefaria community translation)[↗](../../perhaps/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") **peril** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Great danger.[↗](../../peril/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Something that is dangerous, a risk.[↗](../../peril/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The ship was in peril in the storm.[↗](../../peril/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Mole was in great peril in the Wild Wood.[↗](../../peril/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Ignore the lifeguard's warning at your peril.[↗](../../peril/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The book warns of the perils of the sea.[↗](../../peril/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The firefighters saved the family from peril.[↗](../../peril/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Toad learned the perils of fast cars.[↗](../../peril/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · But the task is a very difficult one, and full of peril, Jack.[↗](../../peril/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · We get our bread with the peril of our lives because of the sword of the wilderness.[↗](../../peril/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings LAM.5.9, JPS 1917)[↗](../../peril/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") **perilous** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Full of danger; likely to hurt or kill you.[↗](../../perilous/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* A mere lad is not fit to be trusted on such a perilous journey.[↗](../../perilous/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Voyages at sea are perilous, with uncertain winds and waves.[↗](../../perilous/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") **perimeter** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* The perimeter is the length all the way around a shape.[↗](../../perimeter/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* The perimeter of a place is its outer edge or border, like the fence around a field.[↗](../../perimeter/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Find the perimeter of a square with 5 cm sides.[↗](../../perimeter/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The perimeter of the garden is 40 meters.[↗](../../perimeter/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · How much fence is needed for the perimeter?[↗](../../perimeter/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The rectangle has a perimeter of 30 cm.[↗](../../perimeter/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · We put a ribbon around the perimeter of the card.[↗](../../perimeter/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The dog ran along the perimeter of the field.[↗](../../perimeter/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · A triangle with sides 3, 4 and 5 cm has a perimeter of 12 cm.[↗](../../perimeter/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Guards patrolled the perimeter of the camp.[↗](../../perimeter/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") **period** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A period is a length of time.[↗](../../period/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* At school, a period is one lesson in the timetable.[↗](../../period/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* In American English, a period is the dot (.) at the end of a sentence; British English calls it a full stop.[↗](../../period/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* A period is the time in history, like the Victorian period.[↗](../../period/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 5:* A period is the time each month when a woman or girl bleeds from her womb (menstruation).[↗](../../period/#m5 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 6:* In science, a period is a row in the periodic table.[↗](../../period/#m6 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Maths is in the first period.[↗](../../period/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Over a period of two weeks, the seed grew ten centimetres.[↗](../../period/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Put a period at the end of the sentence.[↗](../../period/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · We are studying the Roman period.[↗](../../period/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Dinosaurs lived in a period called the Mesozoic.[↗](../../period/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Periods are a normal part of growing up for girls.[↗](../../period/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Ice hockey has three periods.[↗](../../period/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Then came a dreadful period, when news from the king ceased entirely.[↗](../../period/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · Dr. Zunz, the Nestor of the Jewish Rabbis in Europe, maintains that we have to look for the genesis of the book "Yezirah" in the Geonic period, (700-1000), and that it was consequently composed in a post-talmudical time.[↗](../../period/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") (Sefer Yetzirah, Kalisch 1877)[↗](../../period/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · f"There was first ot all a period when Nothing existed . . .[↗](../../period/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Mordell, The Origin of Letters and Numerals according to Sefer Yetzirah (1914))[↗](../../period/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · Many writers maintain that only at a later period the principle of position and the zero was discovered.[↗](../../period/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") (Mordell, The Origin of Letters and Numerals according to Sefer Yetzirah (1914))[↗](../../period/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") **periodic** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Periodic means happening again and again, at regular times or now and then.[↗](../../periodic/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (science) The periodic table is the chart of all the chemical elements in order.[↗](../../periodic/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The periodic table has more than a hundred elements.[↗](../../periodic/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · We do periodic fire drills at school.[↗](../../periodic/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The doctor gives the baby periodic check-ups.[↗](../../periodic/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The tide is periodic: it comes in and goes out.[↗](../../periodic/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · There were periodic showers all day.[↗](../../periodic/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The pattern 1, 2, 1, 2 is periodic.[↗](../../periodic/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · The car needs periodic servicing.[↗](../../periodic/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Find gold on the periodic table.[↗](../../periodic/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") **periodical** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* noun.[↗](../../periodical/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *e.g.* A magazine or journal that comes out regularly, such as every week, month or three months.[↗](../../periodical/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* adjective.[↗](../../periodical/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *e.g.* Happening again and again at regular times (usually "periodic").[↗](../../periodical/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The library keeps science periodicals on the top shelf.[↗](../../periodical/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · My aunt writes for a gardening periodical.[↗](../../periodical/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Children's periodicals like comics come out weekly.[↗](../../periodical/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The museum has old periodicals from the 1800s.[↗](../../periodical/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The machine needs periodical checks.[↗](../../periodical/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · She looked up the article in a medical periodical.[↗](../../periodical/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Of late years several articles have appeared in some of the German periodicals,\[5\] giving accounts or translations of some of the Russian Popular Tales.[↗](../../periodical/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Magazines and periodicals are respectfully requested to serid copies of their reviews of this thesis to the author, P. (Mordell, The Origin of Letters and Numerals according to Sefer Yetzirah (1914))[↗](../../periodical/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") **periodically** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Periodically means happening again and again, from time to time.[↗](../../periodically/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* It can mean happening at regular times, like every week or every year.[↗](../../periodically/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Check the smoke alarm periodically.[↗](../../periodically/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · We measured the plant periodically to see it grow.[↗](../../periodically/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The comet returns periodically.[↗](../../periodically/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Dad periodically clears out the garage.[↗](../../periodically/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The teacher periodically reminded us to save our work.[↗](../../periodically/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Water the seeds periodically, not every minute.[↗](../../periodically/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · The computer updates itself periodically.[↗](../../periodically/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **peripheral** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Peripheral means at the edge or outside part of something, not in the middle.[↗](../../peripheral/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Peripheral means less important, not the main part.[↗](../../peripheral/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* A peripheral is an extra device you connect to a computer, like a mouse, keyboard or printer.[↗](../../peripheral/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* I saw the ball out of my peripheral vision.[↗](../../peripheral/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · A mouse is a computer peripheral.[↗](../../peripheral/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Cats have good peripheral vision.[↗](../../peripheral/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · That detail is only peripheral to the story.[↗](../../peripheral/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Plug the peripherals into the USB ports.[↗](../../peripheral/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Hoods can block your peripheral vision on the road.[↗](../../peripheral/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **periphery** — *In Jewish tradition, meaning 1:* The outer edge or boundary of something.[↗](../../periphery/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") **periscope** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A long tube with mirrors at each end that lets you see over or around something, used in submarines and in toys.[↗](../../periscope/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The captain raised the periscope to look at the ships.[↗](../../periscope/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · We made a periscope from a juice carton and two mirrors.[↗](../../periscope/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · With a periscope you can see over a wall.[↗](../../periscope/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Light bounces off both mirrors in a periscope.[↗](../../periscope/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · He used his periscope to watch the parade over the crowd.[↗](../../periscope/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The periscope rose out of the water.[↗](../../periscope/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **perish** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* (formal) To die, especially in an accident, disaster or war.[↗](../../perish/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* To rot, go bad or be destroyed, like food or rubber getting old.[↗](../../perish/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* «Perish the thought» means "I hope that never happens".[↗](../../perish/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* (UK informal) «Perished» or «perishing» means very cold.[↗](../../perish/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *e.g.* "I'm perished!"[↗](../../perish/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Many animals perished in the bushfire.[↗](../../perish/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The rubber band had perished and snapped.[↗](../../perish/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Fresh fruit perishes quickly in the heat.[↗](../../perish/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · "Me, late for school?[↗](../../perish/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") Perish the thought!"[↗](../../perish/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · It's perishing cold outside, put your coat on.[↗](../../perish/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Come in, you must be perished\![↗](../../perish/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Thousands of trees perished in the drought.[↗](../../perish/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Keep perishable food in the fridge.[↗](../../perish/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · And ye shall perish among the nations, and the land of your enemies shall eat you up.[↗](../../perish/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah LEV.26.38, JPS 1917)[↗](../../perish/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · And the children of Israel spoke unto Moses, saying: 'Behold, we perish, we are undone, we are all undone.[↗](../../perish/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah NUM.17.12, JPS 1917)[↗](../../perish/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · Every one that cometh near, that cometh near unto the tabernacle of the LORD, is to die; shall we wholly perish?'[↗](../../perish/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah NUM.17.13, JPS 1917)[↗](../../perish/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") · Is counsel perished from the prudent?[↗](../../perish/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets JER.49.7, JPS 1917)[↗](../../perish/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") · Why did I not perish at birth?[↗](../../perish/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings JOB.3.11, JPS 1917)[↗](../../perish/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") · Remember, I pray thee, who ever perished, being innocent?[↗](../../perish/#x14 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings JOB.4.7, JPS 1917)[↗](../../perish/#x14 "tree and pragmatics") [1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/P/) … [19](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/P/page/19/) **20** [21](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/P/page/21/) … [77](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/P/page/77/) - ← previous: [page 19](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/P/page/19/) - next →: [page 21](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/P/page/21/) - ↑ back to [The English dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/)