"perched" meaning in English

See perched in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} perched (not comparable)
  1. Situated as if balancing above something. Tags: not-comparable
    Sense id: en-perched-en-adj-8gc7Wynv
  2. Occurring above the regional water table. Tags: not-comparable Translations (Translations): emperchado (Spanish), aperchado (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-perched-en-adj-WRWZdpG7 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Spanish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 37 59 4 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 36 64 0 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 34 66 0 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 21 79 0 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 22 78 0 Disambiguation of 'Translations': 23 77
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: perched coastline

Verb

Head templates: {{head|en|verb form}} perched
  1. simple past and past participle of perch Tags: form-of, participle, past Form of: perch
    Sense id: en-perched-en-verb-bKwSY5PF

Alternative forms

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