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Peak

Peak Meaning & Definition
Peak Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Peak?

[n] a brim that projects to the front to shade the eyes; "he pulled down the bill of his cap and trudged ahead"
[n] the top point of a mountain or hill; "the view from the peak was magnificent"; "they clambered to the summit of Monadnock"
[n] the highest point (of something); "at the peak of the pyramid"
[n] the period of greatest prosperity or productivity
[n] the most extreme possible amount or value; "voltage peak"
[n] a V shape; "the cannibal's teeth were filed to sharp points"
[n] the highest level or degree attainable; "his landscapes were deemed the acme of beauty"; "the artist's gifts are at their acme"; "at the height of her career"; "the peak of perfection"; "summer was at its peak"; "...catapulted Einstein to the pinnacle of fame"; "the summit of his ambition"; "so many highest superlatives achieved by man"; "at the top of his profession"
[adj] of a period of maximal use or demand or activity; "at peak hours the streets traffic is unbelievable"
[v] to reach the highest point; attain maximum intensity, activity; "That wild, speculative spirit peaked in 1929."

Synonyms | Synonyms for Peak: acme | acme | apex | bill | bloom | blossom | crest | crown | efflorescence | elevation | extremum | eyeshade | flower | flush | height | heyday | high-season | peak-seaason | pinnacle | point | prime | reach a peak | summit | summit | superlative | tip | tip | top | top | vertex | visor | vizor

Related Terms | Find terms related to Peak: acme | acme of perfection | all | allophone | alp | alveolar | apex | apico-alveolar | apico-dental | apogee | articulation | aspiration | assimilation | be poised | bilabial | bill | billow | boom | bore | bottoming out | break | breakers | brim | brow | business cycle | business fluctuations | bust | cacuminal | cap | capstone | ceiling | cerebral | check | chop | choppiness | chopping sea | climax | cloud nine | cog | comb | comber | consonant | consummate | consummation | continuant | cooling off | crag | crash | crest | crisis | crown | culmen | culminate | culmination | dash | decline | dental | depression | diphthong | dirty water | dissimilation | downturn | droop | dwindle | eagre | ebb and flow | economic cycle | economic expansion | economic growth | edge | elevation | eminence | end | epenthetic vowel | expanding economy | expansion | explosive | extreme | extreme limit | extremity | fade | fail | fang | flag | frost | glide | glottal | glottalization | gravity wave | ground swell | growth | guttural | harrow | head | heave | heaven | heavens | heavy sea | heavy swell | height | high growth rate | high noon | high point | highest degree | highest pitch | highest point | hill | hilltop | ice | jag | knoll | labial | labialization | labiodental | labiovelar | languish | laryngeal | last word | lateral | lift | limit | lingual | liquid | lofty peak | lop | lose strength | low | manner of articulation | market expansion | maximum | meridian | modification | monophthong | morphophoneme | mount | mountain | mountaintop | mute | nasal | ne plus ultra | nib | no place higher | noon | nth degree | occlusive | outtop | overarch | overtop | palatal | parasitic vowel | peaking | pecten | perfection | pharyngeal | pharyngealization | phone | phoneme | pic | pico | pike | pine | pink | pink of perfection | pinnacle | pitch | plosive | point | pole | popple | precipice | projection | prosperity | prothetic vowel | rake | ratchet | recession | recovery | retroflex | ridge | riffle | ripple | rise | rise and fall | roll | roller | roof | rough water | run down | sawtooth | scend | sea | segmental phoneme | semivowel | send | seventh heaven | sink | sky | slowdown | slump | smash | snag | snaggle | sonant | sonority | speech sound | spire | sprocket | spur | steeple | stop | summit | surd | surf | surge | surmount | swell | syllabic nucleus | syllabic peak | syllable | the whole | tidal bore | tidal wave | tide wave | tip | tip-top | tooth | top | top off | top out | tor | toss | transition sound | triphthong | trough | tsunami | ultimate | undulate | undulation | upmost | upper extremity | uppermost | upturn | utmost | utmost extent | uttermost | velar | vertex | very top | visor | vocable | vocalic | vocoid | voice | voiced sound | voiceless sound | voicing | vowel | waste | waste away | water wave | wave | wavelet | weaken | white horses | whitecaps | wilt | wither | wither away | zenith

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Peak In Webster's Dictionary

\Peak\, n. [OE. pek, AS. peac, perh of Celtic origin; cf. Ir. peac a sharp-pointed thing. Cf. {Pike}.] 1. A point; the sharp end or top of anything that terminates in a point; as, the peak, or front, of a cap. ``Run your beard into a peak.'' --Beau. & Fl. 2. The top, or one of the tops, of a hill, mountain, or range, ending in a point; often, the whole hill or mountain, esp. when isolated; as, the Peak of Teneriffe. Silent upon a peak in Darien. --Keats. 3. (Naut.) (a) The upper aftermost corner of a fore-and-aft sail; -- used in many combinations; as, peak-halyards, peak-brails, etc. (b) The narrow part of a vessel's bow, or the hold within it. (c) The extremity of an anchor fluke; the bill. [In the last sense written also {pea} and {pee}.] {Fore peak}. (Naut.) See under {Fore}.
\Peak\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Peaked}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Peaking}.] 1. To rise or extend into a peak or point; to form, or appear as, a peak. There peaketh up a mighty high mount. --Holand. 2. To acquire sharpness of figure or features; hence, to look thin or sicky. ``Dwindle, peak, and pine.'' --Shak. 3. [Cf. {Peek}.] To pry; to peep slyly. --Shak. {Peak arch} (Arch.), a pointed or Gothic arch.
\Peak\, v. t. (Naut.) To raise to a position perpendicular, or more nearly so; as, to peak oars, to hold them upright; to peak a gaff or yard, to set it nearer the perpendicular.

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