'Perish' definitions:
Definition of 'perish'
(from WordNet)
verb
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" [syn: die, decease, perish, 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] [ant: be born]
Definition of 'Perish'
From: GCIDE
- Perish \Per"ish\, v. t. To cause perish. [Obs.] --Bacon. [1913 Webster]
- perish the thought I hope it will never happen; -- a phrase used after mention of a possible undesirable event, sometimes facetiously. [PJC]
Definition of 'Perish'
From: GCIDE
- Perish \Per"ish\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Perished; p. pr. & vb. n. Perishing.] [OE. perissen, perisshen, F. p['e]rir, p. pr. p['e]rissant, L. perire to go or run through, come to nothing, perish; per through + ire to go. Cf. Issue, and see -ish.] To be destroyed; to pass away; to become nothing; to be lost; to die; hence, to wither; to waste away. [1913 Webster]
- I perish with hunger! --Luke xv. 17. [1913 Webster]
- Grow up and perish, as the summer fly. --Milton. [1913 Webster]
- The thoughts of a soul that perish in thinking. --Locke. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'perish'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- age,
- antiquate,
- be annihilated,
- be consumed,
- be destroyed,
- be done for,
- be gone,
- be killed,
- be lost,
- be no more,
- be wiped out,
- become extinct,
- become obsolete,
- break down,
- cease,
- cease to be,
- cease to exist,
- cease to live,
- collapse,
- come to naught,
- come to nothing,
- conk out,
- corrupt,
- croak,
- crumble,
- date,
- decay,
- decease,
- decline,
- decompose,
- dematerialize,
- demise,
- depart,
- depart this life,
- die,
- die away,
- die out,
- disappear,
- disintegrate,
- dispel,
- disperse,
- dissipate,
- dissolve,
- do a fade-out,
- dwindle,
- end,
- erode,
- evanesce,
- evaporate,
- exit,
- expire,
- fade,
- fade away,
- fade out,
- fall,
- fall asleep,
- flee,
- fly,
- fossilize,
- fust,
- go,
- go away,
- go out,
- go under,
- grow old,
- hide,
- leave no trace,
- leave the scene,
- lose currency,
- melt,
- melt away,
- molder,
- obsolesce,
- outdate,
- part,
- pass,
- pass away,
- pass on,
- pass out,
- pass over,
- peg out,
- peter out,
- put off mortality,
- putrefy,
- quit this world,
- retire from sight,
- return to dust,
- rot,
- run out,
- rust,
- sink,
- sink away,
- spoil,
- stop breathing,
- succumb,
- suffer an eclipse,
- superannuate,
- turn,
- up and die,
- vanish,
- vanish from sight,
- waste,
- waste away,
- wear away,
- yield the ghost