Peak

Quick meaning: Peak is a noun meaning A point; the sharp end or top of anything that terminates in a point; as, the peak, or front, of a cap.

Meaning

A point; the sharp end or top of anything that terminates in a point; as, the peak, or front, of a cap.

More Meanings

1. The highest value reached by some quantity in a time period.
2. (geography) The top, or one of the tops, of a hill, mountain, or range, ending in a point.
3. (geography) The whole hill or mountain, especially when isolated.
4. (clothing, UK) visor (horizontal part of a cap sticking out in front and shading the wearer's eyes)
5. (nautical) The upper aftermost corner of a fore-and-aft sail.
6. (nautical) The narrow part of a vessel's bow, or the hold within it.
7. (nautical) The extremity of an anchor fluke; the bill.

Example Sentences

peak-halyards

There's so much peak on this website!

They reached the peak after 8 hours of climbing.

The stock market reached a peak in September 1929.

Word Forms

• peaks
• peaking
• peaked

Synonyms for peak

Depending on context, synonyms include culminate, apex, pinnacle, acme, zenith, apogee.

Antonyms for peak

Common opposites include off-peak.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include pinnacle, height, vertex, top, acme, high.

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