Peak
Peak (pēk) , noun
[Old English pek, Anglo-Saxon peac, perh of Celtic origin; compare Ir. peac a sharp-pointed thing. Compare 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.
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.
3.
(a) (Nautical) The upper aftermost corner of a fore-and-aft sail; -- used in many combinations; as, peak-halyards, peak-brails, etc.
(b)
(Nautical) The narrow part of a vessel's bow, or the hold within it.
(c)
(Nautical) The extremity of an anchor fluke; the bill.
Collocations (1)
Peak (pēkt) , intransitive verb
1.
To rise or extend into a peak or point; to form, or appear as, a peak.
There peaketh up a mighty high mount.
2.
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.
4.
To pry; to peep slyly. [archaic] — Shakespeare
Collocations (1)
Peak arch (Architecture) , a pointed or Gothic arch.
Peak , transitive verb
(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.