perched

verb

past tense of perch
1
as in landed
to come to rest after descending from the air pigeons perching on the roof

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2
as in nestled
to establish or place comfortably or snugly perched the baby in a basket

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Recent Examples of perched It would have been perched on the ship’s grand staircase, and is the only one to have been recovered from the wreckage. — Leigh Anne Miller, ARTnews.com, 23 June 2026 There’s a reason why Le Creuset’s Dutch ovens are perpetually perched on many a stovetop in AD. — Angela Tafoya, Architectural Digest, 23 June 2026 But perched on the Old Cumberland Trail between Louisville and Nashville, the site also planted seeds of what was to come. — Chris Kenning, USA Today, 2 July 2026 When the doors flung open, Sharpton entered to a standing ovation that continued until he was perched behind a lectern, on a stage decorated with a floor-to-ceiling video screen. — Aaron Morrison, Los Angeles Times, 23 June 2026 Marie, perched between Lake Superior and Lake Huron and adjacent to its Canadian twin city of the same name. — Katy Spratte Joyce, Travel + Leisure, 3 July 2026 On the other side of Dubrovnik’s Old Town is Hotel Bellevue Dubrovnik, literally carved into a cliff and perched over Miramare Bay’s rocky shore. — Ramsey Qubein, Forbes.com, 1 July 2026 Le Tigrr Ermitage is the insider's pick—a hybrid Asian restaurant, cocktail bar, lounge, and club perched on the hill above Place des Lices, in the grounds of the historic Hôtel Ermitage. — Karli Poliziani, Condé Nast Traveler, 5 July 2026 McGinley photographed models cavorting naked (always naked) through sand dunes in the Mojave Desert and pine forests in Vermont, in a frigid ice cave in upstate New York and perched above a rushing waterfall in Tennessee. — Chris Wiley, New Yorker, 4 July 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for perched
  1. landed
  2. nestled
  3. lodged
  4. positioned
Verb
  • The plane landed upright in the water and was being towed back to a dock, the FDNY said.
    — Thao Nguyen, USA Today, 5 July 2026
  • Rafael Devers hit two homers, the latter being a 463-foot shot that landed in the upper deck.
    — Justice delos Santos, Mercury News, 5 July 2026
Definition of landed
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  • The event was a collaboration between Farm Party and the Solano Canyon Community Garden, which operates the 5-acre space nestled in Elysian Park.
    — Pedro Moura, Los Angeles Times, 1 July 2026
  • Morocco, which has the best shot of any CAF team of making a mid-July run, is very likely on a collision course with Mbappé’s crew, while four African teams are nestled in Argentina’s section of the bracket.
    — Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 30 June 2026
Definition of nestled
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  • On June 3, Walden went to the hospital, where a CT scan revealed the metal bristle had become lodged in his bowel and had begun puncturing his intestine.
    — Nick Lunemann, CBS News, 30 June 2026
  • On a hike in 2005, Flod came across a truck tire lodged between two boulders in Malibu Creek.
    — Ryan Steven Green, Los Angeles Times, 29 June 2026
Definition of lodged
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  • What could’ve happened had a ball been squared up, an outfielder been positioned differently or an umpire’s call flipped?
    — C. Trent Rosecrans, New York Times, 5 July 2026
  • The Explorer, positioned between the Edge and Expedition, is Ford’s best-selling sport utility vehicle.
    — James Raia, Mercury News, 5 July 2026
Definition of positioned

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