Found 4 items, similar to Peak.
English → Indonesian (Kamus Landak)
Definition: peak
puncak
English → Indonesian (quick)
Definition: peak
puncak
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: peak
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)]
peak
n 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]
peak
v : to reach the highest point; attain maximum intensity,
activity;
“That wild, speculative spirit peaked in 1929”
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Peak
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.
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There peaketh up a mighty high mount. --Holand.
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2. To acquire sharpness of figure or features; hence, to look
thin or sicky.
“Dwindle, peak, and pine.” --Shak.
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3. [Cf.
Peek.] To pry; to peep slyly. --Shak.
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Peak arch (Arch.), a pointed or Gothic arch.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Silent upon a peak in Darien. --Keats.
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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.]
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Fore peak. (Naut.) See under
Fore.
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