Does anyone know what the word "perish" means?
Like in "we shall perish trying".
2007-01-19 05:41:26 · 20 answers · asked by Anonymous in Education & Reference ➔ Words & Wordplay
Die, expire, pass away, etc..
2007-01-19 05:43:13 · answer #1 · answered by Jersey Giant 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Literally it means the usefulness of life has expired, so you get as others and you have said a situation whereby life is extinguished ie dead. In the case of say a car tyre that has perished the life has gone out of it and it cracks and it is unsafe to use. Alternatively you get perish the thought, again meaning to extinguish all life from that idea.
You could also get perishing cold meaning again to extinguish all life through the cold.
Helpful?
2007-01-19 13:50:43 · answer #2 · answered by rinfrance 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
die= "we shall perish trying.'
"Perish the thought." by Madonna means forget about (very strong).
Perishable food = food that can spoil.
2007-01-19 14:32:05 · answer #3 · answered by Amy d 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
when something perishes, it dies and rotts.....so in the sentince you just wrote"we shall perish trying" is saying that they will die, to do whatever it is they are doing!
2007-01-19 13:45:06 · answer #4 · answered by Sara mary jane 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
1. to die or be destroyed through violence, privation, etc.: to perish in an earthquake.
2. to pass away or disappear: an age of elegance that has forever perished.
3. to suffer destruction or ruin: His valuable paintings perished in the fire.
4. to suffer spiritual death: Save us, lest we perish.
—Idiom5. perish the thought, may it never happen: used facetiously or as an afterthought of foreboding.
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[Origin: 1200–50; ME perissen < OF periss-, long s. of perir < L perÄ«re to perish, lit., go through, spend fully, equiv. to per- per- + Ä«re to go]
—Related forms
per·ish·less, adjective
per·ish·ment, noun
—Synonyms 1. expire. See die1. 2. wither, shrivel, rot, molder, vanish.
—Antonyms 2. appear.
2007-01-19 13:46:04 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Perish = Die.
2007-01-19 13:44:02 · answer #6 · answered by kja63 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
die, We shall die trying. Doing whatever needs to be done to accomplish the goal.
2007-01-19 13:47:25 · answer #7 · answered by Kalypso 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Comes in from the French "Périr (die hard)" and before the Latin word "Periculum (danger, peril)"
2007-01-19 13:48:41 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
In this context, the meaning is "to die." The word can also mean "to expire."
2007-01-19 13:44:47 · answer #9 · answered by Philip Kiriakis 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
To die
2007-01-19 13:43:42 · answer #10 · answered by Red 76 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋