Peak : adj
1: of a period of maximal use or demand or activity; "at peak
hours the streets traffic is unbelievable" [ant: off-peak]
2: approaching or constituting a maximum; "maximal
temperature"; "maximum speed"; "working at peak
efficiency" [syn: highest, peak(a)]
(noun)
1: the most extreme possible amount or value; "voltage peak"
[syn: extremum]
2: the period of greatest prosperity or productivity [syn: flower,
prime, heyday, bloom, blossom, efflorescence, flush]
3: the highest level or degree attainable; "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" [syn: acme, height, elevation,
pinnacle, summit, superlative, top]
4: the top point of a mountain or hill; "the view from the peak
was magnificent"; "they clambered to the summit of
Monadnock" [syn: crown, crest, top, tip, summit]
5: a V shape; "the cannibal's teeth were filed to sharp points"
[syn: point, tip]
6: the highest point (of something); "at the peak of the
pyramid" [syn: vertex, apex, acme]
7: a brim that projects to the front to shade the eyes; "he
pulled down the bill of his cap and trudged ahead" [syn: bill,
eyeshade, visor, vizor]
(verb)
1: to reach the highest point; attain maximum intensity,
activity; "That wild, speculative spirit peaked in 1929"
Based on WordNet 2.0
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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.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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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. ``Run your
beard into a peak.'' --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.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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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.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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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.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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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)
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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