Meaning of Peak | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A surname
2. A point; the sharp end or top of anything that terminates in a point; as, the peak, or front, of a cap.
3. A surname.
4. The highest value reached by some quantity in a time period.
5. Approaching or constituting the maximum: working at peak efficiency.
6. The top, or one of the tops, of a hill, mountain, or range, ending in a point.
7. To become sickly, emaciated, or pale.
8. The whole hill or mountain, especially when isolated.
9. to become weak, thin, and sickly.
10. visor (horizontal part of a cap sticking out in front and shading the wearer's eyes)
    UK
11. To reach or bring to a climax:cap, climax, crest, crown, culminate, top (off or out).
    or
12. The upper aftermost corner of a fore-and-aft sail.
13. Of or constituting a climax:climactic, crowning, culminating.
14. The narrow part of a vessel's bow, or the hold within it.
15. to reach the highest, greatest, busiest etc point, time etc. Prices peaked in July and then began to fall. die hoogste punt bereik يَبْلُغ الذُّرْوَه достигам връхна точка atingir o máximo (vy)vrcholit den Höhepunkt erreichen toppe φτάνω στο ανώτατο σημείο, κορυφώνομαι llegar al punto más alto haripunkti jõudma به اوج رسیدن nousta huippuun atteindre son maximum לְהַגִיע לַשִׂיא चोटी पर पहुचना doseći vrhunac, kulminirati tetőzik memuncak ná hámarki (essere al massimo) 頂点に達する 절정에 이르다 pasiekti v...
    etc
16. The extremity of an anchor fluke; the bill.
17. having a peak. a peaked cap. met 'n kep, met 'n bopunt لابِسٌ قُبَّعَه с козирка com/de aba špičatý Schirm-... med skygge μυτερός con visera nokk- لبه دار؛ نوک تیز lipallinen à visière; pointu בַּעַל מִצחִייָה चोटीदार नुकीला, दुबला-पतला šiljast, oštrih crta csúcsos berpelindung matahari með skyggni con la visiera ひさしのある 앞 챙이 달린 su snapeliu ar nagu berpelindung met een klep spiss; skyggespiczasty, z daszkiem څوكه لرونكى، ډنګر com/de pala cu vizieră; ascuţit с козырьком so štítom koničast koji ...
18. A local maximum of a function, e.g. for sine waves, each point at which the value of y is at its maximum.
19. looking pale and unhealthy. You look peaky today. vaal هَزيل، شاحِب الوَجْه отслабнал abatido bledý, vyzáblý kränklich bleg; uvel χλομός, αρρωστιάρης pálido, enfermizo kurnatud رنگ پریده؛ مریض احوال huonovointinen pâlotחולני पीला और अस्वस्थ दिखना uvenuo göthös pucat laslegur smunto, pallido やつれた 수척한 išblyškęs slimīgs; bāls tdk sihat ziekelijkblek, uvel wynędzniały ناروغ abatido palid бледный, больной bledý bolehen bled avtärd ซีดเซียว hasta, bitkin 憔悴的 змарнілий, виснажений بيمار سا xanh xao ...
20. Something of exceptional quality.
    Internet, uncountable
21. [sickness] crisis, [diagram] cresta; cima, punta.
22. A tapering, projecting point; a pointed extremity: the peak of a cap; the peak of a roof.

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Examples

“A less risky method is to lift your whisk or beater to check the condition of the peaks of the egg whites; the foam should be just stiff enough to stand up in well-defined, unwavering peaks.”

“The stock market reached a peak in September 1929.”

“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.”

“They reached the peak after 8 hours of climbing.”

“To the South we observed a large plain some ten miles wide, with snowy peaks rising on the farther side. In front was a hill projecting into the plain, on which stood a mani wall; and this latter discovery made me feel quite confident that I was on the high road to Lhassa.”

“peak-halyards”

“peak-brails”

“There's so much peak on this website!”

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