PEAK
\pˈiːk], \pˈiːk], \p_ˈiː_k]\
Definitions of PEAK
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
- 1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
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a brim that projects to the front to shade the eyes; "he pulled down the bill of his cap and trudged ahead"
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the most extreme possible amount or value; "voltage peak"
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a V shape; "the cannibal's teeth were filed to sharp points"
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of a period of maximal use or demand or activity; "at peak hours the streets traffic is unbelievable"
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to reach the highest point; attain maximum intensity, activity; "That wild, speculative spirit peaked in 1929"
By Princeton University
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a brim that projects to the front to shade the eyes; "he pulled down the bill of his cap and trudged ahead"
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consisting of or causing a climax; "a peak experience"
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the most extreme possible amount or value; "voltage peak"
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a V shape; "the cannibal's teeth were filed to sharp points"
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of a period of maximal use or demand or activity; "at peak hours the streets traffic is unbelievable"
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to reach the highest point; attain maximum intensity, activity; "That wild, speculative spirit peaked in 1929"
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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A point; the sharp end or top of anything that terminates in a point; as, the peak, or front, of a cap.
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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.
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The narrow part of a vessel's bow, or the hold within it.
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The extremity of an anchor fluke; the bill.
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To acquire sharpness of figure or features; hence, to look thin or sicky.
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To pry; to peep slyly.
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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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The upper aftermost corner of a fore-and-aft sail; - used in many combinations; as, peak-halyards, peak-brails, etc.
By Oddity Software
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A point; the sharp end or top of anything that terminates in a point; as, the peak, or front, of a cap.
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The narrow part of a vessel's bow, or the hold within it.
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The extremity of an anchor fluke; the bill.
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To acquire sharpness of figure or features; hence, to look thin or sicky.
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To pry; to peep slyly.
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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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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 of Teneriffe.
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The upper aftermost corner of a fore-and-aft sail; - used in many combinations; as, peak-halyards, peak-brails, etc.
By Noah Webster.
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The sharp-pointed summit of a mountain or hill; a mountain standing alone; a pointed end of anything; as, the peak of a roof; the extended front of a cap; the upper outer corner of an extended sail.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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A point: the pointed end of anything: the top of a mountain: (naut.) the upper outer corner of a sail extended by a gaff or yard, also the extremity of the gaff.
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
By James Champlin Fernald
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The top of a hill ending in a point; the end of anything terminating in a point; the end of a yard or gaff, or the upper corner of a sail extended by it.
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To raise a yard obliquely to the mast.
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To look sickly or thin.
By Nuttall, P.Austin.
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The top ridge or jutting part of a hill or mountain; the rising front part of a thing, terminating somewhat like a point; the upper, outer corner of an extended sail; a point.
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To raise more obliquely.
By Stormonth, James, Phelp, P. H.
