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Definition of 'peak'Etymology 1
Noun
( en-noun)
A point; the sharp end or top of anything that terminates in a point; as, the peak, or front, of a cap.
The highest value reached by some quantity in a time period.
- The stock market reached a peak in September 1929.
* 2012 October 23, David Leonhardt, "[http://www.nytimes.com/2012/10/24/us/politics/race-for-president-leaves-income-slump-in-shadows.html?_r=1&hp]," New York Times (retrieved 24 October 2012):
- By last year, family income was 8 percent lower than it had been 11 years earlier, at its peak in 2000, according to inflation-adjusted numbers from the Census Bureau.
(geography) The top, or one of the tops, of a hill, mountain, or range, ending in a point; often, the whole hill or mountain, especially when isolated; as, the Peak of Teneriffe.
(nautical) The upper aftermost corner of a fore-and-aft sail; -- used in many combinations; as, peak-halyards, peak-brails, etc.
(nautical) The narrow part of a vessel's bow, or the hold within it.
(nautical) The extremity of an anchor fluke; the bill.
(mathematics) A local maximum of a function, e.g. for sine waves, each point at which the value of y is at its maximum.
Synonyms
( checksense)
* apex, pinnacle, top, summit
* See also
Derived terms
* peakless
* peaklike
* peakwise
Verb
( en-verb)
To reach a highest degree or maximum.
- Historians argue about when the Roman Empire began to peak and ultimately decay.
To rise or extend into a peak or point; to form, or appear as, a peak.
* Holland
- There peaketh up a mighty high mount.
Synonyms
* culminate
Derived terms
* off-peak
Etymology 2
Verb
( en-verb)
To become sick or wan.
To acquire sharpness of figure or features; hence, to look thin or sickly.
* Shakespeare
- Dwindle, peak , and pine.
To pry; to peep slyly.
- (Shakespeare)
Etymology 3
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