Definition of perish

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Perish (v. i.) To be destroyed; to pass away; to become nothing; to be lost; to die; hence, to wither; to waste away..

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Swelter :: Swelter (v. i.) To be overcome and faint with heat; to be ready to perish with heat.
Go :: Go (v. i.) To pass away; to depart forever; to be lost or ruined; to perish; to decline; to decease; to die.
Perishability :: Perishability (n.) Perishableness.
Biennial :: Biennial (a.) Continuing for two years, and then perishing, as plants which form roots and leaves the first year, and produce fruit the second..
Quail :: Quail (v. i.) To die; to perish; hence, to wither; to fade..
Tyne :: Tyne (v. i.) To become lost; to perish.
Spoil :: Spoil (v. t.) To cause to decay and perish; to corrput; to vitiate; to mar.
Imperishability :: Imperishability (n.) The quality of being imperishable: indstructibility.
Decay :: Decay (v. i.) To pass gradually from a sound, prosperous, or perfect state, to one of imperfection, adversity, or dissolution; to waste away; to decline; to fail; to become weak, corrupt, or disintegrated; to rot; to perish; as, a tree decays; fortunes decay; hopes decay..
Perished :: Perished (imp. & p. p.) of Peris.
Die :: Die (v. i.) To pass from an animate to a lifeless state; to cease to live; to suffer a total and irreparable loss of action of the vital functions; to become dead; to expire; to perish; -- said of animals and vegetables; often with of, by, with, from, and rarely for, before the cause or occasion of death; as, to die of disease or hardships; to die by fire or the sword; to die with horror at the thought..
Ruin :: Ruin (v. i.) To fall to ruins; to go to ruin; to become decayed or dilapidated; to perish.
Starve :: Starve (v. i.) To die; to perish.
Boating :: Boating (n.) In Persia, a punishment of capital offenders, by laying them on the back in a covered boat, where they are left to perish..
Undying :: Undying (a.) Not dying; imperishable; unending; immortal; as, the undying souls of men..
Copperish :: Copperish (a.) Containing, or partaking of the nature of, copper; like copper; as, a copperish taste..
Affamish :: Affamish (v. t. & i.) To afflict with, or perish from, hunger..
Unperishably :: Unperishably (adv.) Imperishably.
Perishably :: Perishably (adv.) In a perishable degree or manner.
Damp Off :: Damp off () To decay and perish through excessive moisture.
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