Dictionary Entry
perish
perish is a 6-letter English word with 3 senses as intransitive verb, transitive verb, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: To be destroyed; to pass away; to become nothing; to be lost; to die; hence, to wither; to waste away. Face value is 11 in Scrabble and 11 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
6 letters · Scrabble 11 · Words With Friends 11 · 3 senses
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- 1intransitive verb
To be destroyed; to pass away; to become nothing; to be lost; to die; hence, to wither; to waste away.
- 2transitive verb
To cause perish.
- 3verb
pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life
"She died from cancer"
"The children perished in the fire"
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