perish
/ˈpɛɹɪʃ/ verbe C1En français : périr
- To decay and disappear; to waste away to nothing.
- To decay in such a way that it cannot be used for its original purpose
- To die; to cease to live.
He/she/it perishes · Prétérit perished · Participe passé perished · Forme en -ing perishing
Formes du verbe
- Forme de base
- perish
- He/she/it
- perishes
- Prétérit
- perished
- Participe passé
- perished
- Forme en -ing
- perishing
Dans la bibliothèque
“’Tis true, madame,” answered he, “that my father was a Girondin, but he was not among the number of those who voted for the king’s death; he was an equal sufferer with yourself during the Reign of Terror, and had well-nigh lost his head on the same scaffold on which your father perished.”
A Grasshopper, perishing with famine, passed by and earnestly begged for a little food.
But cleansing his feathers as often as he would, he could not change their color, while through want of food he perished.
If we get rid of them, we shall fall into the hands of unskillful operators, and thus suffer a double death: for you may be assured, that though all the Butchers should perish, yet will men never want beef.”
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