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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Starve :: Starve (v. i.) To perish with hunger; to suffer extreme hunger or want; to be very indigent.
Ruin :: Ruin (v. i.) To fall to ruins; to go to ruin; to become decayed or dilapidated; to perish.
Preservatory :: Preservatory (n.) A room, or apparatus, in which perishable things, as fruit, vegetables, etc., can be preserved without decay..
Immortal :: Immortal (a.) Destined to live in all ages of this world; abiding; exempt from oblivion; imperishable; as, immortal fame..
Dying :: Dying (a.) In the act of dying; destined to death; mortal; perishable; as, dying bodies..
Go :: Go (v. i.) To pass away; to depart forever; to be lost or ruined; to perish; to decline; to decease; to die.
Rot :: Rot (v. i.) Figuratively: To perish slowly; to decay; to die; to become corrupt.
Perishableness :: Perishableness (n.) The quality or state of being perishable; liability to decay or destruction.
Famish :: Famish (v. i.) To suffer extreme hunger or thirst, so as to be exhausted in strength, or to come near to perish..
Agave :: Agave (n.) A genus of plants (order Amaryllidaceae) of which the chief species is the maguey or century plant (A. Americana), wrongly called Aloe. It is from ten to seventy years, according to climate, in attaining maturity, when it produces a gigantic flower stem, sometimes forty feet in height, and perishes. The fermented juice is the pulque of the Mexicans; distilled, it yields mescal. A strong thread and a tough paper are made from the leaves, and the wood has many uses..
Imperishable :: Imperishable (a.) Not perishable; not subject to decay; indestructible; enduring permanently; as, an imperishable monument; imperishable renown..
Slight :: Slight (superl.) Not decidedly marked; not forcible; inconsiderable; unimportant; insignificant; not severe; weak; gentle; -- applied in a great variety of circumstances; as, a slight (i. e., feeble) effort; a slight (i. e., perishable) structure; a slight (i. e., not deep) impression; a slight (i. e., not convincing) argument; a slight (i. e., not thorough) examination; slight (i. e., not severe) pain, and the like..
Starve :: Starve (v. i.) To perish or die with cold.
Earthliness :: Earthliness (n.) The quality or state of being earthly; worldliness; grossness; perishableness.
Quail :: Quail (v. i.) To die; to perish; hence, to wither; to fade..
Unperishably :: Unperishably (adv.) Imperishably.
Immortal :: Immortal (a.) Not mortal; exempt from liability to die; undying; imperishable; lasting forever; having unlimited, or eternal, existance..
Viperish :: Viperish (a.) Somewhat like a viper; viperous.
Undying :: Undying (a.) Not dying; imperishable; unending; immortal; as, the undying souls of men..
Wither :: Wither (v. t.) To cause to languish, perish, or pass away; to blight; as, a reputation withered by calumny..
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