All 16 Uses of
perish
in
The Fellowship of the Ring
- Many thousands then perished, but the Days of Dearth (1158-60) were at the time of this tale long past and the Hobbits had again become accustomed to plenty.†
Chpt Pro. *
- He believed that the One had perished; that the Elves had destroyed it, as should have been done.†
Chpt 1.2
- But he knows now that it has not perished, that it has been found.†
Chpt 1.2
- It was Gil-galad, Elven-king and Elendil of Westernesse who overthrew Sauron, though they themselves perished in the deed; and Isildur Elendil's son cut the Ring from Sauron's hand and took it for his own.†
Chpt 1.2
- As soon as he saw the dark shapes creep from the garden, he knew that he must run for it, or perish.†
Chpt 1.11
- The only hurt that it did to his enemy, I fear; for it is unharmed, but all blades perish that pierce that dreadful King.†
Chpt 1.12
- Their horses must have perished, and without them they are crippled.†
Chpt 2.1
- But now we spoke of it again with longing, and yet with dread; for no dwarf has dared to pass the doors of Khazad-dum for many lives of kings, save Thror only, and he perished.†
Chpt 2.2
- I have heard of the Great Ring of him that we do not name; but we believed that it perished from the world in the ruin of his first realm.†
Chpt 2.2
- From the ruin of the Gladden Fields, where Isildur perished, three men only came ever back over the mountains after long wandering.†
Chpt 2.2
- Many Elves and many mighty Men, and many of their friends. had perished in the war.†
Chpt 2.2
- 'I have seen a bright ring in the Halfling's hand; but Isildur perished ere this age of the world began, they say.†
Chpt 2.2
- The Seven are lost to us — if Balin has not found the ring of Thror which was the last; naught has been heard of it since Thror perished in Moria.†
Chpt 2.2
- I will go forward free,' he said, 'or I will go back and seek my own land, where I am known to be true of word, though I perish alone in the wilderness.†
Chpt 2.6
- Frodo stood still, hearing far off_ great seas upon beaches that had long ago been washed away, and sea-birds crying whose race had perished from the earth.†
Chpt 2.6
- It cannot yet have perished; for light boats used to journey out of Wilderland down to Osgiliath, and still did so until a few years ago, when the Orcs of Mordor began to multiply.†
Chpt 2.9
Definition:
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(perish) to die -- especially in an unnatural way
or:
to be destroyed or cease to existeditor's notes: You may encounter an informal expression, "Perish the thought." It means that the speaker hopes the thought will cease to exist and the thing it represents will never happen.