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Perching meaning

present participle and gerund of perch

Using Perching

  • The main meaning on this page is: present participle and gerund of perch
  • In the example corpus, perching often appears in combinations such as: perching on, for perching, perching bird.

Context around Perching

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 23 words
  • Position in the sentence: 3 start, 5 middle, 12 end
  • Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Corpus analysis for Perching

  • In this selection, "perching" usually appears near the end of the sentence. The average example has 23 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, freiberg, village, tuesday, bird, space and sites stand out and add context to how "perching" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include are alternative perching and nesting and distances or perching herself atop. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "perching" sits close to words such as aapi, aarey and aberdare, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with perching

The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:

Perching on her shoulder, it chirped. (6 words)

Perching birds became extinct because the world’s forests were destroyed. (11 words)

Larger birds were often placed in their ground habitat or perching on stumps. (13 words)

In most large species of dragonflies, the wings of females are shorter and broader than those of males.sfn The legs are not used for walking, but are used to catch and hold prey, for perching, and for climbing on plants. (41 words)

Elsewhere, a man was spotted staring intently on the ground after spotting a 'watch the step' sign, while a husband responded to his wife's request to put the pillow cases on by perching them on top. (37 words)

The couple monitor temperature, ventilation and their feeding regime carefully, and provide extensive enrichment for the chickens – which includes using traffic cones, buckets and even footballs, as well as plenty of perching space. (33 words)

Example sentences (20)

Kudus, 23, likes to celebrate by either sitting on the advertising boarding or, as he did in the Hammers' Europa League victory over Freiberg, perching on a ball boy's stool.

Since men have learnt to shoot without missing, women must learn to fly without perching.

The couple monitor temperature, ventilation and their feeding regime carefully, and provide extensive enrichment for the chickens – which includes using traffic cones, buckets and even footballs, as well as plenty of perching space.

Elsewhere, a man was spotted staring intently on the ground after spotting a 'watch the step' sign, while a husband responded to his wife's request to put the pillow cases on by perching them on top.

It circled our yard before perching on a tree, its gaze focused on something in the distance.

The ideal place for plants is along the edge of your pond, as they offer more perching sites for dragonflies.

This fantasia of a private village perching over the Dwyryd estuary further entices with the Mermaid Spa.

A bobcat made itself at home inside a Eugene-area school Tuesday, perching itself on a windowsill after school had let out for the day.

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Last year we were perching on top of the league table of free media systems in Africa.

Perching on her shoulder, it chirped.

Goblin Sharks have a lovely singing voice that is sometimes compared to the Buchman's Warbler, the only example of a singing, flightless, perching bird in the world.

Perching birds became extinct because the world’s forests were destroyed.

Altogether, it appears that the species was not particularly specialized for running on the ground or for perching.

A notable feature of passerines compared to other orders of Aves is the arrangement of their toes, three pointing forward and one back, which facilitates perching.

Certain species of passerines have stiff tail feathers, which help the birds balance themselves when perching upon vertical surfaces.

For example, the kinglets constitute a single genus with less than 10 species today, but seem to have been among the first perching bird lineages to diverge as the group spread across Eurasia.

In most large species of dragonflies, the wings of females are shorter and broader than those of males.sfn The legs are not used for walking, but are used to catch and hold prey, for perching, and for climbing on plants.

It does not require woodland to be present as long as there are alternative perching and nesting sites like rocks or buildings.

Larger birds were often placed in their ground habitat or perching on stumps.

Pages 90 and 154. Miho often acts strangely compared to the comic's other characters, and regularly accomplishes abnormal feats, such as leaping inhuman distances or perching herself atop telephone poles.

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Common combinations with perching

These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "perching" in a sentence?
An example: "Kudus, 23, likes to celebrate by either sitting on the advertising boarding or, as he did in the Hammers' Europa League victory over Freiberg, perching on a ball boy's stool." This page contains 10+ example sentences with the word "perching" from authentic English texts.
What does "perching" mean?
Perching means: present participle and gerund of perch
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