Dictionary Entry
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
- 1noun
A point; the sharp end or top of anything that terminates in a point; as, the peak, or front, of a cap.
- 2noun
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.
- 3noun
The upper aftermost corner of a fore-and-aft sail; -- used in many combinations; as, peak-halyards, peak-brails, etc.
- 4noun
The narrow part of a vessel's bow, or the hold within it.
- 5noun
The extremity of an anchor fluke; the bill.
- 6intransitive verb
To rise or extend into a peak or point; to form, or appear as, a peak.
- 7intransitive verb
To acquire sharpness of figure or features; hence, to look thin or sicky.
- 8intransitive verb
To pry; to peep slyly.
- 9transitive 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.
- 10noun
a brim that projects to the front to shade the eyes
"he pulled down the bill of his cap and trudged ahead"
- 11noun
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"
- 12noun
the highest point (of something)
"at the peak of the pyramid"
- 13noun
the most extreme possible amount or value
"voltage peak"
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- 14noun
a V shape
"the cannibal's teeth were filed to sharp points"
- 15noun
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"
- 16noun
the period of greatest prosperity or productivity
- 17verb
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"
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