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Definition of 'PEAK' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (n.) peak
a mountain with a pointed summit.

2.  peak
the pointed top of anything.

3.  peak
the highest or most important point or level.

4.  peak
the maximum point, degree, or volume of anything.

5.  peak
the time of the day or year when traffic, use, or demand is greatest and charges, fares, etc., are highest.

6.  peak
a projecting point.

7.  peak
the projecting front piece of a cap or hat.

8.  peak
the contracted part of a ship's hull at the bow or the stern.

9.  peak
the upper after corner of a sail that is extended by a gaff.

10. (v.i.) peak
to project in a peak.

11.  peak
to attain a peak of activity, development, popularity, etc.

12. (v.t.) peak
to raise the after end of (a yard, gaff, etc.) to or toward an angle above the horizontal.

13. (adj.) peak
attaining or being at the highest or maximum level, point, use, etc:
peak performance; the peak travel season.

14. (v.i.) peak
to become weak, thin, and sickly.

Etymology:  (1500–10; orig. uncert.)

Definition of 'PEAK' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (noun) extremum, peak
the most extreme possible amount or value
"voltage peak"

2. (noun) flower, prime, peak, heyday, bloom, blossom, efflorescence, flush
the period of greatest prosperity or productivity

3. (noun) acme, height, elevation, peak, pinnacle, summit, superlative, meridian, tiptop, top
the highest level or degree attainable; the highest stage of development
"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"

4. (noun) peak, crown, crest, top, tip, summit
the top or extreme point of something (usually a mountain or hill)
"the view from the peak was magnificent"; "they clambered to the tip of Monadnock"; "the region is a few molecules wide at the summit"

5. (noun) point, tip, peak
a V shape
"the cannibal's teeth were filed to sharp points"

6. (noun) vertex, peak, apex, acme
the highest point (of something)
"at the peak of the pyramid"

7. (verb) bill, peak, eyeshade, visor, vizor
a brim that projects to the front to shade the eyes
"he pulled down the bill of his cap and trudged ahead"

8. (verb) top out, peak
to reach the highest point; attain maximum intensity, activity
"That wild, speculative spirit peaked in 1929";"Bids for the painting topped out at $50 million"


Definition of 'PEAK' Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary 

1. (noun) peak
the highest level sth can achieve
at the peak of his career; The noise reached a peak at around midnight.

2.  peak
the top of a mountain
They reached the peak at noon.

3.  peak
the curved part of a cap that sticks out above the eyes
the peak of his baseball cap

4. (adjective) peak
(of a level) at its highest
Unemployment had reached its peak level.; a runner's peak performance

5.  peak
(of a time or period) the busiest
Avoid traveling during peak times.; peak vacation periods


Definition of 'PEAK' Webster Dictionary 

1. (noun) PEAK
a point; the sharp end or top of anything that terminates in a point; as, the peak, or front, of a cap

2. (noun) PEAK
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

3. (noun) PEAK
the upper aftermost corner of a fore-and-aft sail; -- used in many combinations; as, peak-halyards, peak-brails, etc

4. (noun) PEAK
the narrow part of a vessel's bow, or the hold within it

5. (noun) PEAK
the extremity of an anchor fluke; the bill

6. (verb) PEAK
to rise or extend into a peak or point; to form, or appear as, a peak

7. (verb) PEAK
to acquire sharpness of figure or features; hence, to look thin or sicky

8. (verb) PEAK
to pry; to peep slyly

9. (verb) PEAK
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


Translation of 'PEAK' Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary 

Sense: the pointed top of a mountain or hill
snow-covered peaks.

Afrikaans flag Afrikaans: piek, bergtop Arabic flag Arabic: رأس، قِمَّه Bulgarian flag Bulgarian: връх
Brazilian flag Brazilian: pico Czech flag Czech: vrchol German flag German: die Berspitze
Danish flag Danish: bjergtop Greek flag Greek: κορυφή Spanish flag Spanish: pico, cumbre
Estonian flag Estonian: tipp Farsi flag Farsi: قله Finnish flag Finnish: huippu
French flag French: pic Hebrew flag Hebrew: פִּסגָה Hindi flag Hindi: चोटी, शिखर, शीर्ष
Croatian flag Croatian: vrh Hungarian flag Hungarian: csúcs Indonesian flag Indonesian: puncak gunung
Icelandic flag Icelandic: tindur Italian flag Italian: picco Japanese flag Japanese: 山頂
Korean flag Korean: 산꼭대기 Lithuanian flag Lithuanian: viršūnė Latvian flag Latvian: virsotne, smaile
Malay flag Malay: puncak Dutch flag Dutch: piek Norwegian flag Norwegian: nut, topp, tind
Polish flag Polish: szczyt Persian flag Persian: قله Pashto flag Pashto: څوكه، پيك
Portuguese flag Portuguese: pico Romanian flag Romanian: pisc Russian flag Russian: пик, вершина
Slovak flag Slovak: vrchol Slovenian flag Slovenian: vrh Serbian flag Serbian: vrh
Swedish flag Swedish: spets, bergstopp Thai flag Thai: ยอดเขา Turkish flag Turkish: doruk, zirve
Taiwanese flag Taiwanese: 山頂 Ukrainian flag Ukrainian: пік Urdu flag Urdu: چوٹي
Vietnamese flag Vietnamese: đỉnh Chinese flag Chinese: 山顶

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