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perish

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Pronunciation

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Verb

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Plain form
perish

Third-person singular
perishes

Past tense
perished

Past participle
perished

Present participle
perishing

  1. (intransitive) To perish means to die (stop living).
    The fire destroyed the building, but luckily nobody inside perished.
  2. (intransitive) To perish means to stop existing.
    After new laws were created, slavery finally perished in the country.
    Her decision not to date anybody she worked with perished as soon as she met Patrick.
  3. (intransitive) When something perishes, it decays and breaks apart.
    The apples perished after being left in the hot car for three days. By that time they were brown and rotten.