verb · transitive · rare

perish

per·ish

perish · perishes · perished · perishing

загинути, гинути, згинути, конати

пропасть, пропадать, портиться, погибнуть

schlecht werden, verderben, ums Leben kommen, umkommen

To decay and disappearTo decay and disappear; to waste away to nothing.

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/ˈpɛɹɪʃ/

» Thirty people perished in the flood.

Meaning

4 senses

(intransitive)To decay and disappear; to waste away to nothing.
1881, Tarafa, translated by W. A. Clouston, The Poem of Tarafa I consider time as a treasure decreasing every night; and that which every day diminishes soon perishes for ever.
verderben, schlecht werden
пропада́тьpropadátʹ, пропа́стьpropástʹ, по́ртитьсяpórtitʹsja
(intransitive)To decay in such a way that it cannot be used for its original purpose
(intransitive)To die; to cease to live.
umkommen, ums Leben kommen, verenden
ги́бнутьgíbnutʹ, погиба́тьpogibátʹ, поги́бнутьpogíbnutʹ
ги́нутиhýnuty, зги́нутиzhýnuty, заги́нутиzahýnuty
(obsolete, transitive)To cause to perish.

More definitions

pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life

Examples

101 sentences

Thirty people perished in the flood.
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If a nuclear war were to break out, mankind would perish.
deWenn ein Atomkrieg ausbräche, würde die Menschheit untergehen. — Tamy
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Ukraine's glory has not yet perished, neither her freedom.
Ще не вмерла України ні слава, ні воля. — deniko
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All those who take up the sword shall perish by the sword.
Всі, що візьмуться за меч, від меча загинуть. — aandrusiak
ruВсе, взявшие меч, мечом погибнут. — sharptoothed
deSo jemand mit dem Schwert tötet, der muss mit dem Schwert getötet werden. — Esperantostern
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Publish or perish.
ruОпубликуй или умри. — Ivanovb
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Translations

8 languages

Українська

By meaning 1

to die, to pass away — see also die, pass away:

Русский

By meaning 2

to decay and disappear; to waste away to nothing:

to die, to pass away — see also die, pass away:

Deutsch

By meaning 2

to decay and disappear; to waste away to nothing:

to die, to pass away — see also die, pass away:

Origin

From Middle English perishen, borrowed from Old French perir (via the stem periss- used in

From Middle English perishen, borrowed from Old French perir (via the stem periss- used in various conjugations), from Latin perīre (“pass away, perish”), from per (“through”) + īre (“pass, go”).

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Forms

perishes, perishing, perished, perished

Base form	perish · to perish
3rd person singular	perishes
Present participle	perishing
Past simple	perished
Past participle	perished

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, they	perish
he, she, it	perishes

Past simpleLesson

all persons

perished

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, they	have perished
he, she, it	has perished

Future simple (will)Lesson

all persons

will perish

Synonyms

91 synonyms

codeA1 departB1 exitB1 expireC1 passA2 sinkB1 succumbC2 decease pass away assume room temperature auger in be gathered to one's fathers bite the big one bite the biscuit

Close in meaning

pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life:die decease go exit pass away expire pass kick the bucket

Word family

8 related words

Relatedperishable

Derivednonperishing perishability perisher perishingly perishless unperished unperishing

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle