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# perish

«perish» in Mova's school dictionary: **To die, especially in an accident, disaster or war** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

verb (perish, perishes, perished, perishing)

### meaning for a pupil

1) (formal) To die, especially in an accident, disaster or war. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/perish/#m1)

2) To rot, go bad or be destroyed, like food or rubber getting old. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/perish/#m2)

3) «Perish the thought» means "I hope that never happens". [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/perish/#m3)

4) (UK informal) «Perished» or «perishing» means very cold: "I'm perished!" [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/perish/#m4)

### sense in the lessons

In stories and history: «Many sailors perished in the storm». In science and everyday life, perishable foods like milk and fish go bad quickly and must be kept cold — a safety point. In UK chat «it's perishing out there» means freezing. Phrases: «perish in», «perish the thought», «perishing cold», «perishable goods».

### examples

- Many animals perished in the bushfire. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/perish/#x1)
- The rubber band had perished and snapped. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/perish/#x2)
- Fresh fruit perishes quickly in the heat. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/perish/#x3)
- "Me, late for school? Perish the thought!" [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/perish/#x4)
- It's perishing cold outside, put your coat on. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/perish/#x5)
- Come in, you must be perished! [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/perish/#x6)
- Thousands of trees perished in the drought. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/perish/#x7)
- Keep perishable food in the fridge. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/perish/#x8)

### note

Regular verb: perished. «Perish» about people is formal and serious; in daily talk say «die». Adjective: perishable (goes off fast); non-perishable (tins, dry pasta). In maths, «perished» items are taken away from the total.

### In the corpora

- [And ye shall perish among the nations, and the land of your enemies shall eat you up.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/LEV.826/)
- [How are the mighty fallen, and the weapons of war perished!](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/2SA.32/)
- [For that nation and kingdom that will not serve thee shall perish; yea, those nations shall be utterly wasted.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/ISA.1307/)
- [Wherefore is the land perished and laid waste like a wilderness, so that none passeth through?](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/JER.281/)
- [They are vanity, a work of delusion; in the time of their visitation they shall perish.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/JER.313/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «perish» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/perish/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.