peak

peak is a 4-letter English word with 17 senses as noun, intransitive verb, transitive verb, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: A point; the sharp end or top of anything that terminates in a point; as, the peak, or front, of a cap. Face value is 10 in Scrabble and 11 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

4 letters · Scrabble 10 · Words With Friends 11 · 17 senses

Definitions

1. noun. A point; the sharp end or top of anything that terminates in a point; as, the peak, or front, of a cap.
2. noun. 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.
3. noun. The upper aftermost corner of a fore-and-aft sail; -- used in many combinations; as, peak-halyards, peak-brails, etc.
4. noun. The narrow part of a vessel's bow, or the hold within it.
5. noun. The extremity of an anchor fluke; the bill.
6. intransitive verb. To rise or extend into a peak or point; to form, or appear as, a peak.
7. intransitive verb. To acquire sharpness of figure or features; hence, to look thin or sicky.
8. intransitive verb. To pry; to peep slyly.
9. transitive verb. 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.
10. noun. a brim that projects to the front to shade the eyes

    "he pulled down the bill of his cap and trudged ahead"

    Synonyms: bill, eyeshade, visor, vizor

11. 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"

    Synonyms: crest, crown, summit, tip, top

12. noun. the highest point (of something)

    "at the peak of the pyramid"

    Synonyms: acme, apex, vertex

13. noun. the most extreme possible amount or value

    "voltage peak"

    Synonyms: extremum

14. noun. a V shape

    "the cannibal's teeth were filed to sharp points"

    Synonyms: point, tip

15. 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"

    Synonyms: acme, elevation, height, meridian, pinnacle, summit, superlative, tiptop, top

16. noun. the period of greatest prosperity or productivity

    Synonyms: bloom, blossom, efflorescence, flower, flush, heyday, prime

17. 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"

Synonyms

bill, eyeshade, visor, vizor, crest, crown, summit, tip, top, acme, apex, vertex, extremum, point, elevation, height, meridian, pinnacle, superlative, tiptop, bloom, blossom, efflorescence, flower

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in peak:

keap

Common word forms

peaks, peaked, peaker, peaking, peakless

Words from these letters

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