Definition of "perching" [perching]

• Present participle of perch. (verb)
• Inspection of cloth before finishing. (noun)

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• "The bird has difficulty in perching and has to exert itself in order not to fall; the legs are spread through weakness, and the knee and ankle joint are bent."
• "They were attacked by an upward-moving paralysis, they began to walk unsteadily, found difficulty in perching, and later lay down on their sides."
• "I recall perching on ladders for hours on end as we peeled away the rotting ceiling and put up new plywood."