peak
Noun · VerbOpen English WordNet
Noun (7)peaks
- the most extreme possible amount or value“voltage peak”Synonyms: extremumType of limit, limitationKinds maximum, minimum
- the period of greatest prosperity or productivitySynonyms: flowerprimeheydaybloomblossomefflorescenceflushType of time period, period of timeKinds golden age
- 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”Synonyms: acmeheightelevationpinnaclesummitsuperlativemeridiantiptoptopType of degree, level
- 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”Synonyms: crowncresttoptipsummitType of topographic point, placeKinds hilltop, mountain peak, pinnacle
- a V shape“the cannibal's teeth were filed to sharp points”Synonyms: pointtipType of convex shape, convexityKinds head, widow's peak, cuspPart of alpenstock, arrowhead, knife, pencil +2 more
- the highest point (of something)“at the peak of the pyramid”Synonyms: vertexapexacmeType of extreme point, extremeKinds crown, roof peak
- a brim that projects to the front to shade the eyes“he pulled down the bill of his cap and trudged ahead”Synonyms: billeyeshadevisorvizor
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Translations
Noun mountain top
- Spanish
- cima
- French
- sommet
- German
- Gipfel
- Italian
- cima
- Portuguese
- cume
- Turkish
- doruk
- Russian
- пик pik
- Arabic
- قِمَّة qimma
- Chinese
- 顶峰 dǐngfēng
- Japanese
- 山頂 sanchō
21 more languages
- Dutch
- piek
- Polish
- szczyt
- Swedish
- topp
- Greek
- κορυφή koryfí
- Korean
- 봉우리 bong'uri
- Hungarian
- csúcs
- Portuguese (PT)
- cume
- Chinese (Trad.)
- 頂峰 dǐngfēng
- Catalan
- pic
- Czech
- vrchol
- Esperanto
- pinto
- Finnish
- huippu
- Georgian
- მწვერვალი mc̣vervali
- Hebrew
- פִּסְגָּה pisgá
- Icelandic
- tindur
- Latvian
- virsotne
- Romanian
- vârf
- Scottish Gaelic
- mullach
- Serbo-Croatian
- vrh
- Swahili
- kilele
- Walloon
- copete
Noun point, sharp end
The main translation for each meaning, from the langtolang.com multilingual dictionary. Each word links to its full entry there.
Webster's Dictionary (1913)
Origin: 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.” Francis, & Fletcher, John. Beaumont
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.— John Keats
3. Nautical (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. Nautical See under Fore.
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. Hence: To achieve a maximum of numerical value, intensity of activity, popularity, or other characteristic, followed by a decline; as, the stock market peaked in January; his performance as a pitcher peaked in 1990; sales of the XTX model peaked at 20,000 per year.
3. To acquire sharpness of figure or features; hence, to look thin or sickly. “Dwindle, peak, and pine.” William Shakespeare
4. To pry; to peep slyly. archaic William Shakespeare
Peak arch Architecture, a pointed or Gothic arch.
Nautical 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.
Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54 · with additions: GCIDE editors