'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'

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