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NOUN (7)

1. the most extreme possible amount or value;
- Example: "voltage peak"
[syn: extremum, peak]

2. the period of greatest prosperity or productivity;
[syn: flower, prime, peak, heyday, bloom, blossom, efflorescence, flush]

3. the highest level or degree attainable; the highest stage of development;
- Example: "his landscapes were deemed the acme of beauty"
- Example: "the artist's gifts are at their acme"
- Example: "at the height of her career"
- Example: "the peak of perfection"
- Example: "summer was at its peak"
- Example: "...catapulted Einstein to the pinnacle of fame"
- Example: "the summit of his ambition"
- Example: "so many highest superlatives achieved by man"
- Example: "at the top of his profession"
[syn: acme, height, elevation, peak, pinnacle, summit, superlative, meridian, tiptop, top]

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

5. a V shape;
- Example: "the cannibal's teeth were filed to sharp points"
[syn: point, tip, peak]

6. the highest point (of something);
- Example: "at the peak of the pyramid"
[syn: vertex, peak, apex, acme]

7. a brim that projects to the front to shade the eyes;
- Example: "he pulled down the bill of his cap and trudged ahead"
[syn: bill, peak, eyeshade, visor, vizor]

VERB (1)

1. to reach the highest point; attain maximum intensity, activity;
- Example: "That wild, speculative spirit peaked in 1929";"Bids for the painting topped out at $50 million"
[syn: top out, peak]

The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Peag \Peag\ (p[=e]g), n. [Written also peage, peak, peeke.] [Prob. of North American Indian origin, by shortening of wampumpeag. --RHUD.] A kind of aboriginal shell money, or wampum, of the Atlantic coast of the United States; -- originally applied only to polished white cylindrical beads. See also wampum. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Peak \Peak\ (p[=e]k), 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. [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster] Silent upon a peak in Darien. --Keats. [1913 Webster] 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.] [1913 Webster] Fore peak. (Naut.) See under Fore. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Peak \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. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Peak \Peak\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Peaked (p[=e]kt); p. pr. & vb. n. Peaking.] 1. To rise or extend into a peak or point; to form, or appear as, a peak. [1913 Webster] There peaketh up a mighty high mount. --Holand. [1913 Webster] 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. [PJC] 3. To acquire sharpness of figure or features; hence, to look thin or sickly. "Dwindle, peak, and pine." --Shak. [1913 Webster] 4. [Cf. Peek.] To pry; to peep slyly. [archaic] --Shak. [1913 Webster] Peak arch (Arch.), a pointed or Gothic arch. [1913 Webster]
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