Inflection of perishing. See: perish.
The word perish, is lack of effectiveness, does not meet the purpose for which it was designed, within the context of cause and effect, there is no fruit, a dry, thorny, swift, tree fed sewage, sewer rats and snakes terrorist waters
If refers to the verb to perish, die, cease to exist: " I forgot to water the plants for a week, and some died ".
Looks: ( from look like or resemble ) It has similarity, it resembles. It seems, it seems.