Definition of perish Perish

/pɛˈɹɪʃ/ - [perish] - per•ish

We found 9 definitions of perish from 6 different sources.

What does perish mean?

WordNet

Verb perishes, perishing, perished
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"
		die, decease, go, exit, pass away, expire, pass, kick the bucket, cash in one's chips, buy the farm, conk, give-up the ghost, drop dead, pop off, choke, croak, snuff it
		be born come into existence through birth; "She was born on a farm"
		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"
		die off, die out become extinct; "Dinosaurs died out"
		die back, die down suffer from a disease that kills shoots; "The plants near the garage are dying back"
		die down become progressively weaker; "the laughter died down"
		abort terminate a pregnancy by undergoing an abortion
		asphyxiate, stifle, suffocate smother or suppress; "Stifle your curiosity"
		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, give out, give way, break down, die, fail, go, break end resistance, as under pressure or force; "The door yielded to repeated blows with a battering ram"
		famish, starve die of food deprivation; "The political prisoners starved to death"; "Many famished in the countryside during the drought"
		fall pass suddenly and passively into a state of body or mind; "fall into a trap"; "She fell ill"; "They fell out of favor"; "Fall in love"; "fall asleep"; "fall prey to an imposter"; "fall into a strange way of thinking"; "she fell to pieces after she lost her work"
		succumb, yield be fatally overwhelmed

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Wiktionary

perish (Verb)
To pass away; to come to naught; to waste away; to decay and disappear.
perish (Verb)
To die; to cease to live.
perish (Verb)
To cause to perish.

Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘

perish (v. i.)
To be destroyed; to pass away; to become nothing; to be lost; to die; hence, to wither; to waste away.
perish (v. t.)
To cause perish.

OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ω

perish
To cease to live.

Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕

perish
per′ish, v.i. to pass away completely: to waste away: to decay: to lose life: to be destroyed: to be ruined or lost.—ns. Perishabil′ity, Per′ishableness, the quality of being liable to speedy decay or destruction.—adj. Per′ishable, that may perish: subject to speedy decay.—adv. Per′ishably.—v.i. Per′ishen (Spens.), to perish. [O. Fr. perir, pr.p. perissant—L. perīre, to perish—per, completely, īre, to go.]