perish v : pass from physical life and lose all all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life; "She died from cancer"; "They children perished in the fire"; "The patient went peacefully" [syn: die, decease, go, exit, pass away, expire, pass] [ant: be born]

English

Pronunciation

Homophones

• parish

Verb

1. To die.
   • 1719: Daniel Defoe, Robinson Crusoe

     ...the ship struck upon a sand, and ... the sea broke over her in such a manner that we expected we should all have perished immediately; and we were immediately driven into our close quarters, to shelter us from the very foam and spray of the sea.

Translations

• Dutch: omkomen
• Finnish: menehtyä
• French: périr
• German: umkommen
• Old English: forweorþan
• Cornish: merwel
• Spanish: perecer

Synonyms

• decease, pass away

Related terms

• perishable

Perishing can refer to:

• Vulcanization, or rubber perishing
• Perishable, able to decompose

See also

• Pershing, a surname

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