peak : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: peak	by the DICT Development Group
6 results for peak
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
peak n the most extreme possible amount or value; "voltage peak" Synonym(s): extremum, peak the period of greatest prosperity or productivity Synonym(s): flower, prime, peak, heyday, bloom, blossom, efflorescence, flush 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" Synonym(s): acme, height, elevation, peak, pinnacle, summit, superlative, meridian, tiptop, top 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" Synonym(s): peak, crown, crest, top, tip, summit a V shape; "the cannibal's teeth were filed to sharp points" Synonym(s): point, tip, peak the highest point (of something); "at the peak of the pyramid" Synonym(s): vertex, peak, apex, acme a brim that projects to the front to shade the eyes; "he pulled down the bill of his cap and trudged ahead" Synonym(s): bill, peak, eyeshade, visor, vizor v to reach the highest point; attain maximum intensity, activity; "That wild, speculative spirit peaked in 1929";"Bids for the painting topped out at $50 million" Synonym(s): top out, peak Antonym(s): bottom out
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Peak \Peak\, 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. [bd]Run your beard into a peak.[b8] --Beau. & Fl. 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. --Keats. 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}.] {Fore peak}. (Naut.) See under {Fore}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
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. [bd]Dwindle, peak, and pine.[b8] --Shak. 3. [Cf. {Peek}.] To pry; to peep slyly. --Shak. {Peak arch} (Arch.), a pointed or Gothic arch.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
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.
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Peak, SC (town, FIPS 55150) Location: 34.23811 N, 81.32906 W Population (1990): 78 (37 housing units) Area: 0.9 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)