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Peach

Peach Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Peach? [n] a shade of pink tinged with yellow [n] downy juicy fruit with sweet yellowish or whitish flesh [n] a very attractive or seductive looking woman [n] cultivated in temperate regions [v] give away information about somebody; "He told on his classmate who had cheated on the exam" [v] divulge information or secrets; spill the beans; "Be careful--his secretary talks" Synonyms \| Synonyms for Peach: apricot \| babble \| babble out \| beauty \| betray \| blab \| blab out \| denounce \| dish \| give away \| grass \| knockout \| looker \| lulu \| mantrap \| peach tree \| Prunus persica \| rat \| ravisher \| salmon pink \| shit \| shop \| sing \| smasher \| snitch \| stag \| stunner \| sweetheart \| talk \| tattle \| tell on \| yellowish pink Related Terms \| Find terms related to Peach: ace \| apricot \| babble \| bathing beauty \| be indiscreet \| be unguarded \| bear witness against \| beau ideal \| beaut \| beauty \| beauty contest winner \| beauty queen \| belle \| betray \| betray a confidence \| blab \| blabber \| blow the whistle \| blurt \| blurt out \| bunny \| carrot-colored \| carroty \| charmer \| corker \| cover girl \| crackerjack \| daisy \| dandy \| darb \| dazzler \| dilly \| dream \| enchantress \| fink \| give away \| great beauty \| honey \| humdinger \| inform \| inform against \| inform on \| killer-diller \| knockout \| lady fair \| leak \| let drop \| let fall \| let slip \| lollapaloosa \| looker \| lulu \| Miss America \| model \| narc \| nark \| nifty \| ocherish \| ocherous \| ochery \| ochreous \| ochroid \| ochrous \| ochry \| old gold \| orange \| orange-hued \| orangeish \| orange-red \| orangey \| paragon \| pearl \| pinup \| pinup girl \| pip \| pippin \| pumpkin \| pussycat \| rat \| raving beauty \| reddish-orange \| reddish-yellow \| red-orange \| reigning beauty \| reveal a secret \| sell out \| sex kitten \| sing \| slick chick \| snitch \| snitch on \| spill \| spill the beans \| squeak \| squeal \| stool \| stunner \| sweetheart \| talk \| tangerine \| tattle \| tattle on \| tell on \| tell secrets \| tell tales \| testify against \| the nuts \| turn informer \| whiz See Also \| adult female \| break \| bring out \| disclose \| discover \| divulge \| drupe \| edible fruit \| expose \| fruit tree \| genus Prunus \| impart \| inform \| let on \| let out \| peach \| peach \| peach tree \| pink \| Prunus \| Prunus persica \| reveal \| sell out \| stone fruit \| tip off \| woman Peach In Webster's Dictionary \Peach\, v. t. [See {Appeach}, {Impeach}.] To accuse of crime; to inform against. [Obs.] --Foxe. \Peach\, v. i. To turn informer; to betray one's accomplice. [Obs. or Colloq.] If I be ta'en, I'll peach for this. --Shak. \Peach\, n. [OE. peche, peshe, OF. pesche, F. p[^e]che, fr. LL. persia, L. Persicum (sc. malum) a Persian apple, a peach. Cf. {Persian}, and {Parsee}.] (Bot.) A well-known high-flavored juicy fruit, containing one or two seeds in a hard almond-like endocarp or stone; also, the tree which bears it ({Prunus, or Amygdalus Persica}). In the wild stock the fruit is hard and inedible. {Guinea}, or {Sierra Leone}, {peach}, the large edible berry of the {Sarcocephalus esculentus}, a rubiaceous climbing shrub of west tropical Africa. {Palm peach}, the fruit of a Venezuelan palm tree ({Bactris speciosa}). {Peach color}, the pale red color of the peach blossom. {Peach-tree borer} (Zo["o]l.), the larva of a clearwing moth ({[AE]geria, or Sannina, exitiosa}) of the family {[AE]geriid[ae]}, which is very destructive to peach trees by boring in the wood, usually near the ground; also, the moth itself. See Illust. under {Borer}.

Peach Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Peach?

[n] a shade of pink tinged with yellow
[n] downy juicy fruit with sweet yellowish or whitish flesh
[n] a very attractive or seductive looking woman
[n] cultivated in temperate regions
[v] give away information about somebody; "He told on his classmate who had cheated on the exam"
[v] divulge information or secrets; spill the beans; "Be careful--his secretary talks"

Peach In Webster's Dictionary

\Peach\, v. t. [See {Appeach}, {Impeach}.]
To accuse of crime; to inform against. [Obs.] --Foxe.


\Peach\, v. i.
To turn informer; to betray one's accomplice. [Obs. or
Colloq.]

      If I be ta'en, I'll peach for this.      --Shak.


\Peach\, n. [OE. peche, peshe, OF. pesche, F. p[^e]che,
fr. LL. persia, L. Persicum (sc. malum) a Persian apple, a
peach. Cf. {Persian}, and {Parsee}.] (Bot.)
A well-known high-flavored juicy fruit, containing one or two
seeds in a hard almond-like endocarp or stone; also, the tree
which bears it ({Prunus, or Amygdalus Persica}). In the wild
stock the fruit is hard and inedible.

{Guinea}, or {Sierra Leone}, {peach}, the large edible berry
   of the {Sarcocephalus esculentus}, a rubiaceous climbing
   shrub of west tropical Africa.

{Palm peach}, the fruit of a Venezuelan palm tree ({Bactris
   speciosa}).

{Peach color}, the pale red color of the peach blossom.

{Peach-tree borer} (Zo["o]l.), the larva of a clearwing moth
   ({[AE]geria, or Sannina, exitiosa}) of the family
   {[AE]geriid[ae]}, which is very destructive to peach trees
   by boring in the wood, usually near the ground; also, the
   moth itself. See Illust. under {Borer}.

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