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Definition of Peak

peak
Peag Peag, n. [Written also peage, peak, peeke.] [Prob. of North Amer. Indian origin.] A kind of aboriginal shell money, or wampum, of the Atlantic coast of the United States; -- originally applied only to polished white cylindrical beads.
Peak
Peak Peak, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Peaked; p. pr. & vb. n. Peaking.] 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. To acquire sharpness of figure or features; hence, to look thin or sicky. ``Dwindle, peak, and pine.' --Shak. 3. [Cf. Peek.] To pry; to peep slyly. --Shak. Peak arch (Arch.), a pointed or Gothic arch.
Peak
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.

Meaning of Peak from wikipedia

- coal Peak farmland Peak gas Peak minerals Peak water Peak wheat Peak wood Visor, a part of a hat, known as a "peak" in British English Peaked cap Peak District...
- its name to Healthpeak Properties, Inc. and ticker symbol from "HCP" to "PEAK" effective November 5, 2019. In November 2020, the company announced they...
- terms acme, apex, peak (mountain peak), and zenith are synonymous. The term top (mountain top) is generally used only for a mountain peak that is located...
- Dante's Peak is a 1997 American disaster film directed by Roger Donaldson, written by Leslie Bohem, and starring Pierce Brosnan, Linda Hamilton, and Charles...
- A widow's peak is a V-shaped point in the hairline in the center of the forehead. Hair growth on the forehead is suppressed in a bilateral pair of periorbital...
- component), the peak amplitude is the maximum absolute value of the difference from that reference. Semi-amplitude means half of the peak-to-peak amplitude...
- ****istants, had begun designating peaks based on Roman numerals, with Kangchenjunga named Peak IX. Peak "b" now became known as Peak XV. In 1852, stationed at...
- widow's peak in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. A widow's peak is a V-shaped point in the hairline in the center of the forehead. Widow's Peak may also...
- Pikes Peak is the highest summit of the southern Front Range of the Rocky Mountains in North America. The ultra-prominent 14,107-foot (4,299.83 m) fourteener...
- Crimson Peak is a 2015 Gothic romance film directed by Guillermo del Toro and written by del Toro and Matthew Robbins. The film stars Mia Wasikowska, Tom...