'PEAK' definitions:

Definition of 'peak'

(from WordNet)
noun
The most extreme possible amount or value; "voltage peak" [syn: extremum, peak]
noun
The period of greatest prosperity or productivity [syn: flower, prime, peak, heyday, bloom, blossom, efflorescence, flush]
noun
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" [syn: acme, height, elevation, peak, pinnacle, summit, superlative, meridian, tiptop, top]
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" [syn: peak, crown, crest, top, tip, summit]
noun
A V shape; "the cannibal's teeth were filed to sharp points" [syn: point, tip, peak]
noun
The highest point (of something); "at the peak of the pyramid" [syn: vertex, peak, apex, acme]
noun
A brim that projects to the front to shade the eyes; "he pulled down the bill of his cap and trudged ahead" [syn: bill, peak, eyeshade, visor, vizor]
verb
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" [syn: top out, peak] [ant: bottom out]

Definition of 'Peak'

From: GCIDE
  • 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. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Peak'

From: GCIDE
  • Peak \Peak\ (p[=e]k), 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. [1913 Webster]
  • 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. [1913 Webster]
  • Silent upon a peak in Darien. --Keats. [1913 Webster]
  • 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.] [1913 Webster]
  • Fore peak. (Naut.) See under Fore. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Peak'

From: GCIDE
  • Peak \Peak\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Peaked (p[=e]kt); p. pr. & vb. n. Peaking.]
  • 1. To rise or extend into a peak or point; to form, or appear as, a peak. [1913 Webster]
  • There peaketh up a mighty high mount. --Holand. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. Hence: 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. [PJC]
  • 3. To acquire sharpness of figure or features; hence, to look thin or sickly. "Dwindle, peak, and pine." --Shak. [1913 Webster]
  • 4. [Cf. Peek.] To pry; to peep slyly. [archaic] --Shak. [1913 Webster]
  • Peak arch (Arch.), a pointed or Gothic arch. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'peak'

From: GCIDE
  • Peag \Peag\ (p[=e]g), n. [Written also peage, peak, peeke.] [Prob. of North American Indian origin, by shortening of wampumpeag. --RHUD.] A kind of aboriginal shell money, or wampum, of the Atlantic coast of the United States; -- originally applied only to polished white cylindrical beads. See also wampum. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

Synonyms of 'peak'

From: Moby Thesaurus

Peak, SC -- U.S. town in South Carolina

From: Gazetteer 2000
Name :
Peak, SC -- U.S. town in South Carolina
Population (2000) :
61
Housing Units (2000) :
36
Land area (2000) :
0.268859 sq. miles (0.696341 sq. km)
Water area (2000) :
0.000671 sq. miles (0.001738 sq. km)
Total area (2000) :
0.269530 sq. miles (0.698079 sq. km)
FIPS code :
55150
Located within :
South Carolina (SC), FIPS 45
Location :
34.237174 N, 81.325737 W
Note :
some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.

Acronyms for 'peak'

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