Peak
[piːk] or [pik]
Definition
(noun.) 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'.
Checker: Percy--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) A point; the sharp end or top of anything that terminates in a point; as, the peak, or front, of a cap.
(n.) 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.
(n.) The upper aftermost corner of a fore-and-aft sail; -- used in many combinations; as, peak-halyards, peak-brails, etc.
(n.) The narrow part of a vessel's bow, or the hold within it.
(n.) The extremity of an anchor fluke; the bill.
(v. i.) To rise or extend into a peak or point; to form, or appear as, a peak.
(v. i.) To acquire sharpness of figure or features; hence, to look thin or sicky.
(v. i.) To pry; to peep slyly.
(v. t.) 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.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
n. Top (of a mountain), summit, crest, crown, pinnacle.
v. n. [1]. Grow thin or lean, become emaciated.[2]. Sneak, make a mean figure.
Inputed by Bernard
Definition
n. a point: the pointed end of anything: the top of a mountain: (naut.) the upper outer corner of a sail extended by a gaff or yard also the extremity of the gaff.—v.i. to rise upward in a peak: to look thin or sickly.—v.t. (naut.) to raise the point (of a gaff) more nearly perpendicular.—adjs. Peaked pointed: ending in a point: having a thin or sickly look; Peak′ing sickly pining sneaking; Peak′ish having peaks: thin or sickly looking; Peak′y (Tenn.) having or showing peaks.
Editor: Seth
Examples
- Does he live on this arid peak? Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- I was upon the highest peak of a lofty range. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
- The second picture contained for foreground only the dim peak of a hill, with grass and some leaves slanting as if by a breeze. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- When she reached the top of the slope, in the wind, she looked round, and saw peak beyond peak of rock and snow, bluish, transcendent in heaven. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- Behind, was a high shadow of a peak, blotting out the stars, like a ghoSt. They drew near to their home. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- Rainier and commands a wonderful view of that mountain, on which there is situated one of the largest glacial systems in the world radiating from any single peak. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- I would have made a pilgrimage to the highest peak of the Andes, could I, when there, have precipitated him to their base. Mary Shelley. Frankenstein_Or_The Modern Prometheus.
- Birkin stood high in the painful air, looking at the peaks, and the way south. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- It was in a window of what seemed to be an old-fashioned house with three peaks in the roof in front and a circular sweep leading to the porch. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- They came forth at last in a little high table-land of snow, where stood the last peaks of snow like the heart petals of an open rose. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- Their icy and glittering peaks shone in the sunlight over the clouds. Mary Shelley. Frankenstein_Or_The Modern Prometheus.
- Rivers flowed back towards their sources; peaks and lofty mountains where countless trees had grown for ages rolled crumbling to the earth. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Maurice and Justinian were thrown to the ground, and high above, amid the encircling peaks, shot up a mighty column of smoke, streaked with red fire. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- Nay, it is worse than anger, Pilar said, looking across at the peaks. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- A tall, stout official had come down the stone-flagged passage, in a peaked cap and frogged jacket. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
- Another storm enlightened Jura with faint flashes; and another darkened and sometimes disclosed the M?le, a peaked mountain to the east of the lake. Mary Shelley. Frankenstein_Or_The Modern Prometheus.
- It was a terrible face, void, peaked, abstracted almost into meaninglessness by the weight of sensation beneath. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
Checker: Tessie