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Definition: Peak |
PeakAdjective1. Of a period of maximal use or demand or activity; "at peak hours the streets traffic is unbelievable". 2. Approaching or constituting a maximum; "maximal temperature"; "maximum speed"; "working at peak efficiency". 3. Consisting of or causing a climax; "a peak experience". Noun1. The most extreme possible amount or value; "voltage peak". 2. The period of greatest prosperity or productivity. 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". 4. The uppermost part of a shape; "at the peak of the pyramid". 5. The top point of a mountain or hill; "the view from the peak was magnificent"; "they clambered to the summit of Monadnock". 6. A V shape; "the cannibal's teeth were filed to sharp points". 7. The highest point of something. 8. A brim that projects to the front to shade the eyes; "he pulled down the bill of his cap and trudged ahead". Verb1. To reach the highest point; attain maximum intensity, activity: "That wild, speculative spirit peaked in 1929.". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "peak" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1050. (references) |
Etymology: Peak \Peak\, noun. [Old English pek, Anglo-Saxon peac, perh of Celtic origin; compare to Irish peac a sharp-pointed thing. Compare to Pike.]. (references) |
| Domain | Definition |
Electrical Engineering | The greatest value of a time-dependent quantity during a specified time interval equal to a period for a periodic quantity. Source: European Union. (references) |
| On motor vehicles, the control of which includes a definite number of notches or positions for the starting and regulation of speed, the term peak applies to the value of the quantity concerned immediately after taking a notch. Source: European Union. (references) | |
| The maximum amplitude of sound in electrical energy formed while passing through a circuit. It is the highest point reached upon the volume indicator. Source: European Union. (references) | |
| Over emphasis of parts of the musical spectrum. Source: European Union. (references) | |
Food & Agriculture | Extreme and more or less pointed end of arm. Projects beyond fluke and assists anchor to bite into the ground. Source: European Union. (references) |
| Two peaks of food consumption [VE1]. Source: European Union. (references) | |
| The extreme end compartment of a vessel next to the stem or the sternpost and generally used as a tank. Source: European Union. (references) | |
Literature | Peak (The), Derbyshire. "The Queen of Scots' Pillar" is a column in the cave of the peak as clear as alabaster, and so called because Mary Queen of Scots proceeded thus far, and then returned. Source: Brewer's Dictionary. |
Mathematics | An observation in an ordered series is said to be a "peak" if its value is greater than the value of its two neighbouring observations. Source: European Union. (references) |
Meteorology & Standards | A sudden discontinuity in a differential thermal analysis curve characterizing an endothermic or exothermic reaction. Source: European Union. (references) |
Science | The highest point of a mountain. (references) |
Slang in 1811 | PEAK. Any kind of lace. Source: 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue. |
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(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
Peak is a town located in Newberry County, South Carolina. As of the 2000 census, the town had a total population of 61.Geography
Peak is located at 34°14'14" North, 81°19'33" West (34.237174, -81.325737)1. According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 0.7 km² (0.3 mi²). 0.7 km² (0.3 mi²) of it is land and none of the area is covered with water.Demographics
As of the census of 2000, there are 61 people, 28 households, and 16 families residing in the town. The population density is 87.2/km² (226.9/mi²). There are 36 housing units at an average density of 51.5/km² (133.9/mi²). The racial makeup of the town is 68.85% White, 31.15% African American, 0.00% Native American, 0.00% Asian, 0.00% Pacific Islander, 0.00% from other races, and 0.00% from two or more races. 1.64% of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race. There are 28 households out of which 21.4% have children under the age of 18 living with them, 42.9% are married couples living together, 17.9% have a female householder with no husband present, and 39.3% are non-families. 39.3% of all households are made up of individuals and 21.4% have someone living alone who is 65 years of age or older. The average household size is 2.18 and the average family size is 2.82. In the town the population is spread out with 18.0% under the age of 18, 4.9% from 18 to 24, 31.1% from 25 to 44, 21.3% from 45 to 64, and 24.6% who are 65 years of age or older. The median age is 43 years. For every 100 females there are 60.5 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there are 56.3 males. The median income for a household in the town is $27,083, and the median income for a family is $38,750. Males have a median income of $19,688 versus $16,250 for females. The per capita income for the town is $13,033. 15.6% of the population and 12.5% of families are below the poverty line. Out of the total people living in poverty, 27.8% are under the age of 18 and 20.0% are 65 or older.Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Peak, South Carolina."
| The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted. | |||
| Entry | Source | Expression | Field |
| PEEP | English | Peak end expiratory pressure | Medicine |
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Synonyms: PeakSynonyms: climactic (adj), climactical (adj), highest (adj), peak(a) (adj), acme (n), apex (n), bill (n), bloom (n), blossom (n), crest (n), crown (n), efflorescence (n), elevation (n), extremum (n), eyeshade (n), flower (n), flush (n), height (n), heyday (n), pinnacle (n), point (n), prime (n), summit (n), superlative (n), tip (n), top (n), vertex (n), visor (n), vizor (n), reach a peak (v). (additional references) |
| Antonym: off-peak (adj). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Disease | Verb: be ill; Adjective: ail, suffer, labor under, be affected with, complain of, have; droop, flag, languish, halt; sicken, peak, pine; gasp. |
Height | Mount, mountain; hill alto, butte, monticle, fell, knap; cape; headland, foreland; promontory; ridge, hog's back, dune; rising ground, vantage ground; down; moor, moorland; Alp; uplands, highlands; heights; (summit); knob, loma, pena, picacho, tump; knoll, hummock, hillock, barrow, mound, mole; steeps, bluff, cliff, craig, tor, peak, pike, clough; escarpment, edge, ledge, brae; dizzy height. |
Sharpness | Crag, crest, arete, cone peak, sugar loaf, pike, aiguille; spire, pyramid, steeple. |
Summit | Noun: summit, summity; top, peak, vertex, apex, zenith, pinnacle, acme, culmination, meridian, utmost height, ne plus utra, height, pitch, maximum, climax, culminating point, crowning point, turning point; turn of the tide, fountain head; water shed, water parting; sky, pole. |
Summit conference, summit; peak of achievement, peak of performance; peaks and troughs, peaks and valleys. | |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Peak |
| English words defined with "peak": Adam's Peak ♦ Pike's Peak, Pobeda Peak, Pobedy Peak ♦ Wheeler Peak. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "peak": coincidental peak load ♦ King of the Peak ♦ longwall peak stoping ♦ Peak Clipping/Shaving, PEAK DEMAND, peak responding, peak sound pressure, peak to average ratio, peak withstand current, Photovoltaic Peak Watt, projected peak point ♦ transistor linear peak envelope power rating. (references) |
| Etymologies containing "peak": Peg. (references) |
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Screenplays | There is nothing wrong with the body of Poirot. He is in the peak of condition (Poirot; writing credit: Clive Exton; Anthony Horowitz) My hair is at the peak of its cycle (Good Morning, Miami; writing credit: James Grissom; David Kohan) They are admired and hero-worshiped but there is always present the underlying wish to see them destroyed at the peak of their growth (The Killing; writing credit: Stanley Kubrick; Jim Thompson) His horrid insanity had reached its peak. (Vincent; writing credit: Tim Burton) | |
Lyrics | Let ya get peak before it touches the ground (#1; performing artist: Nelly) TAKE A PEAK AT IT GRAB IT, STAB IT, (Hit Me Off; performing artist: New Edition) | |
Movie/TV Titles | The Snow Peak Nymph (1960) Piker's Peak (1957) Hide and Peak (1956) Fong Sze Yu's Invasion of Genii Peak (1951) The Ranger of Pikes Peak (1919) | |
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 | This is a histological slide of the human lymphotropic virus (HHV-6), a type of herpesvirus that was discovered in October, 1986. The bright immunofluorescent stain indicates a positive reaction and the HHV-6 infected lymphocytes are now producing viral antigens. The increased intensity of the immunofluorescent stain indicates a higher concentration of viral antigens. Maximal intensity indicates that the infected cell is at its peak for viral production. The cell will die within 24 hours and cause a sudden release of the virus. Credit: Unknown photographer/artist. |  | New Animation Depicts Changs in Antarctic Ice Sheet For the first time, scientists at NASA have generated a computer model depicting changes in the Antarctic ice sheet since the peak of the last ice age - nearly 20,000 years ago. The West Antarctic ice. Credit: NASA. |
 | What's the weather for Mars and Venus? The Hubble telescope has given astronomers a peak. The ... Credit: NASA. |  | NSO Sac Peak (01 August). Credit: NASA. |
 | Portions of Kenya and Tanzania, Africa can be seen in this image. The peak of Kilimanjaro is on the right; the mountain is flanked by the plains of Amboseli National Park to the north and the rugged Arusha National Park to the south and west. Credit: NASA. |  | In climbing Gallatin Peak the horses took some bad rolls Triangulation party of William M. Scaife. Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection. |
 | Fog rolling over the Chisos Range Scene observed from Station Chisos on Emory Peak. Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection. |  | Enroute to Prince William Sound -Mt. St. Elias is high peak in left-center. Credit: America's Coastlines. |
 | Mountain peak illuminated by midnight sun at Port Lockroy. 64 50 S Latitude 63 30 W Longitude. Credit: Paths Less Taken - NOAA at the Ends of the Earth. |  | A sharp mountain peak with cloud formed by orographic lifting of the air. A view from Lynn Canal. Credit: Paths Less Taken - NOAA at the Ends of the Earth. |
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| "Pike's Peak, Colorado Springs" by Tim Spence Commentary: "Pike's Peak, Colorado Springs, from moving car." | "K-2" by Junaid Zamir Commentary: "The biggest peak of Pakistan." |
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J. August Strindberg | Happiness consumes itself like a flame. It cannot burn for ever, it must go out, and the presentiment of its end destroys it at its very peak. |
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Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man | Joyce, James | The students saluted, Temple fumbling as before at the peak of his cap. |
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Health | Your peak flow meter. (references) | |
This is your peak flow number. (references) | ||
If you use a peak flow meter, bring it to each visit. (references) | ||
Business | Peak energy is needed at short notice and, as a result, is getting good prices. (references) | |
Highly paid peak energy is a typical niche product in the electric power trade. (references) | ||
Subsequently, peak demand is expected to continue at annual rates of six to eight percent. (references) | ||
Civil Liberties | Afghanistan | A total of 4,069,000 Afghan refugees have been repatriated since 1988, with over 1.5 million returning to the country in the peak year of 1992. An estimated 70,000 Afghan refugees returned to their home communities from Pakistan and Iran between November and year's end. (references) |
Economic History | Kuwait | In addition, two new cities, in the planning stages, will ensure a high demand for quality, environmentally safe air conditioning and cooling systems that conserve energy during periods of peak demand. (references) |
Georgia | GDP remains only a fraction (< 40 percent) of the peak output levels of the late 1980s, achieved under the economic mismanagement and inefficiency of a command economy. (references) | |
Human Rights | Israel and the occupied territories | At its peak, the crowd of Palestinians, including armed, masked militants, reached almost 10,000. Members of Palestinian security services and Arafat's Fatah faction are widely believed to have participated in violent attacks against Israeli settlers, civilians, and soldiers; at year's end, the extent to which senior PA or PLO officials authorized such incidents was not clear. (references) |
Minorities | Russia | The ultranationalist and anti-Semitic Russian National Unity (RNE) paramilitary organization, formerly led by Aleksandr Barkashov, appears to have splintered and lost political influence in many regions since its peak in 1998. Although reliable figures on RNE membership were not available, the organization claimed tens of thousands of members in many regions in 2000. The RNE continued to be active in some regions, such as Voronezh, and RNE graffiti has appeared in a number of cities, including Krasnodar. (references) |
Political Economy | MALAYSIA | Short-term external debt remains low at an estimated $4.8 billion in 2001, up slightly from the $4.6 billion registered in 2000. Malaysia's debt service ratio declined from a peak of 18.9 percent of gross export earnings in 1986 to 5.1 percent in 2000. The government estimates that the debt service ratio will increase to 5.8 percent in 2001. (references) |
Trade | India | The peak tariff rate of 300 percent in 1991 has been reduced to a ceiling (with a few exceptions) of 35 percent in the 2001-02 budget. (references) |
India | It eliminated the surcharge of 10 percent on basic custom duty in order to bring the peak rate duty structure down to 20 percent over the next three years. (references) | |
Travel | Kenya | Interruptions of electrical power supply frequently occur, including cuts in industrial zones during evening peak hours. (references) |
Lexicography | Devil's Dictionary | YESTERDAY, n. The infancy of youth, the youth of manhood, the entire past of age. But yesterday I should have thought me blest To stand high-pinnacled upon the peak Of middle life and look adown the bleak And unfamiliar foreslope to the West, Where solemn shadows all the land invest And stilly voices, half-remembered, speak Unfinished prophecy, and witch-fires freak The haunted twilight of the Dark of Rest. Yea, yesterday my soul was all aflame To stay the shadow on the dial's face At manhood's noonmark! Now, in God His name I chide aloud the little interspace Disparting me from Certitude, and fain Would know the dream and vision ne'er again. Baruch Arnegriff It is said that in his last illness the poet Arnegriff was attended at different times by seven doctors. |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
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Harry S. Truman | 1945-1953 | The inflationary pressures on prices and rents, with relatively few exceptions, are now at an all-time peak. |
Lyndon B. Johnson | 1963-1969 | We worked for two centuries to climb this peak of prosperity. |
Gerald Ford | 1974-1977 | One peak stands highest in the ranges of human history. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| "Peak" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 90.15% of the time. "Peak" is used about 2,646 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 90.15% | 2,385 | 3,750 |
| Noun (proper) | 5.74% | 152 | 25,494 |
| Lexical Verb (infinitive) | 2.72% | 72 | 39,377 |
| Lexical Verb (base form) | 1.28% | 34 | 59,261 |
| Noun (common) | 0.11% | 3 | 202,518 |
| Total | 100.00% | 2,646 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following table summarizes the usage of "peak" based on a population census conducted in the United States. Ranks and frequencies are based on all names reported and classified. |
| Name | Usage/Gender | Usage per 100 million Persons | Rank in USA |
| Peak | Last name | 4,000 | 3,004 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits. | |||
| Country | Name | Country | Name |
| Hong Kong | Gold Peak Industries (Holdings) Ltd. | Thailand | Castle Peak Holdings Public Co. Ltd. |
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Source: compiled by the editor from Icon Group International, Inc.
1. Peak, SC (town, FIPS 55150) |
Expressions using "peak": 1 half peak divergence ♦ 1 half peak spread ♦ 1 tenth peak divergence ♦ 1 tenth peak spread ♦ Adam's Peak ♦ at peak hours ♦ audio peak chopper ♦ audio peak limiter ♦ automatik peak limiter ♦ cap peak ♦ coincidental peak load ♦ during peak viewing hours ♦ flood peak ♦ Fore peak ♦ free air peak overpressure ♦ green peak ♦ in peak condition ♦ in the peak of condition ♦ jagged peak ♦ Jay Peak ♦ listening peak ♦ momentary flood peak ♦ mountain peak ♦ North Peak ♦ one half peak divergence ♦ one half peak spread ♦ one tenth peak divergence ♦ one tenth peak spread ♦ peak absorbed dose ♦ Peak Action ♦ peak and pine ♦ peak arch ♦ peak busy hour ♦ peak cell rate ♦ peak clipping ♦ peak commute congestion period ♦ peak demand ♦ peak discharge ♦ Peak Expiratory Flow Rate ♦ peak flood ♦ peak flow ♦ peak hour ♦ peak hour capacity ♦ peak hour traveller ♦ peak hours ♦ peak indicator ♦ peak limiter ♦ peak load ♦ peak magnitude ♦ peak nucleate boiling heat flux ♦ peak of anchor ♦ peak of traffic ♦ peak off ♦ peak out ♦ peak output ♦ peak overpressure ♦ peak performance ♦ peak period ♦ peak period volume ♦ peak power ♦ peak production ♦ peak rate ♦ peak responding ♦ peak responding instrument ♦ peak season ♦ peak time ♦ peak to average ratio ♦ peak value ♦ peak withstand current ♦ peak year ♦ pikes peak ♦ Pike's Peak ♦ Pobeda Peak ♦ Pobedy Peak ♦ projected peak point ♦ reach a peak ♦ reach its peak ♦ reach the peak ♦ roof peak ♦ seasonal peak ♦ transistor linear peak envelope power rating ♦ virgin peak ♦ Wheeler Peak ♦ widows peak ♦ widow's peak ♦ winter peak. Additional references. | |
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "peak": peak-bagging, peak-capped, peak-flight, peak-holiday, peak-hour, peak-hours, peak-load, peak-loading, peak-seaason, peak-shape, peak-ticking, peak-time, peak-to-peak, peak-to-trough, peak-to-valley, peak-traffic, peak-with-peak. | |
Ending with "peak": after-peak, cap-peak, min-peak, morning-peak, near-peak, non-peak, off-peak, on-peak, peak-to-peak, peak-with-peak, photo-peak, post-peak, pre-peak, teraflops-peak, time-to-peak, twelve-peak, two-peak. | |
Containing "peak": at off-peak hours, high-peak-season, off-peak charges, off-peak electricity, off-peak hours, off-peak period, off-peak tariff. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day | Expression | Frequency per Day |
pandora peak | 1,443 | oil peak | 74 |
pike peak | 1,143 | island peak | 74 |
twin peak | 681 | tawney peak | 72 |
peak | 511 | pike peak cog railway | 72 |
pike peak community college | 418 | pike peak library | 72 |
tawny peak | 251 | invitational peak pike | 70 |
peak performance | 184 | 107.3 peak | 69 |
longs peak | 154 | seven peak | 65 |
peak tri | 128 | pike peak center | 61 |
peak of otter | 127 | pandora peak gallery | 60 |
pike peak hill climb | 123 | audi peak pike | 57 |
the peak show | 106 | pointe hilton at squaw peak | 57 |
penns peak | 104 | peak pike workforce | 57 |
pike peak international raceway | 99 | alpine area jiminy ma peak ski slide | 56 |
peak pike soccer | 96 | sun peak | 55 |
colorado pike peak | 89 | peek n peak | 52 |
peak steeple | 83 | dantes peak | 52 |
peak district | 80 | sneak peak | 51 |
district library peak pike | 80 | humane peak pike society | 51 |
peak flow meter | 76 | 107 peak | 49 |
climbing peak pike s | 49 | ||
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | Translations for "peak"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Afrikaans | bergtop (mountain peak, mountain top, pinnacle), bergspits (mountain peak, mountain top, pinnacle), bergpunt (mountain peak, mountain top, pinnacle). (various references) | |
Albanian | pik, strehë (asylum, awning, cover, dwelling, hangout, Harbor, harbour, haven, home, hostel, house, housing, hovel, Lee, lodgement, lodgment, lurking place, mew, pad, port, recourse, refuge, retreat, roof, sanctuary, sanctum, sconce, shade, shed, shelter), shkëmb (cliff, rock, tor), ngre (boost, build up, carve, cast up, chant, elevate, erect, establish, heft, heighten, hike, hitch, hoist, hold up, jerk up, kilt, lift, lift up, look up, move up, pick up, propound, raise, rear, rebel, revolt, ring up, rout, run up, scoop up, set up, situate, soar, Square, straighten, take off, throw up, trice, up, upheave, uplift, upraise, wake up, weigh, wind up), majë (aiguille, alp, apex, cusp, height, nab, naze, Neb, needle, nib, Pike, pinnacle, point, projection, Spike, spire, summit, tine, tip, tiptop, top, topping, vertex, woof), kulm (acme, apex, bloom, climax, crescendo, crisis, crown, culmination, dead, extremity, flower, heat, height, heyday, meridian, nab, payoff, pink, pinnacle, prime, summit, superlative, tiptop, top, vertex, zenith), kreshtë mali, kep (Cape, foreland, headland, horn, jag, Ness, point, promontory), drejtoj velën, arrij kulmin (climax, culminate, flower). (various references) | |
Arabic | هزيل (exiguous, gaunt, haggard, lean, meager, meagre, miserable, peaky, pitiful, scanty, scrawny, short, sickly, sketchy, skimp, skimpy, skinny, slender, slight, slim, spare, sparing, stingy, watery, wretched), هزل (attenuate, badinage, emaciate, extenuate, fun, humor, humour, joke, languish, pine, pine away, playfulness, pleasantry, reduce, slim, thin), قمة (acme, apex, climax, cop, crest, crown, head, height, heyday, high, meridian, pinnacle, prime, summit, tip, tiptop, top, vertex, zenith), قنة جبل, وصل القمة, حقق اعلى درجة, تضاءل (dwindle, fade, wane), ساعة الزروة في الإستماع الأذاعي, ساعة الزروة (drive, the rush hour), زاوية بارزة (salient), أعلى فترات الإستهلاك, أعلى درجة, بلغ القمة. (various references) | |
Bulgarian | най-голям (all, most, outside, supreme, top, utmost, uttermost, veriest), достигам връхна точка, издигам отвесно, издигам се (advance, arise, arose, ascend, aspire, flow, go up, jump, loft, move up, push up, rise, rise in the world, shoot up, tower, uprise), изправям (detect, erect, planish, put up, raise, rectify, remedy, repair, right, righten, set right, stand up, straighten, true, uncurl, unkink), извисявам се (kite, loft, rear, soar), максимален (maximal, maximum, outside, ultimate, utmost), максимум (maximum), довеждам до максимум, най-висока точка (cap, high water mark, perfection, tiptop), форпик, остър планински връх (pinnacle), връх (acme, apex, cap, consummation, cope-stone, cusp, extremity, full, gad, head, height, heyday, loop, meridian, perfection, pink, pinnacle, point, summit, tip, tiptop, top, topping, vertex), връхна точка (acme, apex, climax, highlight, pinnacle, pride, sum, tiptop, ultimate, zenith), върхов, горен външен ъгъл на платно, козирка (apron, bill, penthouse, visard, visor, vizor), кулминационна точка (acme, climax, culmination, height, high water mark, noon, pinnacle, zenith), тясна част на трюма на кораб, най-висок (supreme, top, topmost, utmost, uttermost). (various references) | |
Chinese | 高峰 (height, summit), 頂點 (summit), 頂端 (summit), 頂峰 (summit), 頂 (a measure word, go against, most, to replace, to substitute, top), 磛 (cliff), 最佳 (optimal, optimum), 峙 (to store), 峰顶, 峰 (summit), 尖峰 (top), 山峰 . (various references) | |
Czech | vrchol (acme, apex, brow, cusp, height, heyday, pink, pinnacle, summit, top, vertex, zenith), temeno (crown, top, vertex), štítek (label, tag), špièka (dig, end, innuendo, nib, rush, spearhead, taunt, tip, top). (various references) | |
Danish | top (point, summit, surface, tip, top), spids (point, pointed, spiked, summit, tip). (various references) | |
Dutch | top (agreed, okay, point, summit, surface, tip, top), piek (lance, point, spear, summit, tip), tip (hint, point, suggestion, summit, tip, warning), spits (acute, astute, point, pointed, shrewd, spiked, summit, tip), punt (dot, element, fragment, item, particle, period, point, spot, summit, tip), neus (nose, point, summit, tip). (various references) | |
Esperanto | pinto (point, summit, tip). (various references) | |
Faeroese | tindur (point, summit, tip), oddur (point, summit, tip). (various references) | |
Farsi | فرق سر (Crown, Scalp, Skull), نوک (Apex, Ascendant, Barb, Bill, End, Head, Horn, Jag, Point, Ridge, Summit, Tip, Top, Vertex), نحیف شدن , کلاه نوک تیز, کاکل (Scalplock, Topknot), قله (Acme, Climax, Crest, Culmination, Knoll, Pap, Point, Summit, Top, Vertex, Zenith), حداکثر (Extreme, Utmost, Uttermost), تیزشدن (Sharpen), راس (Cap, Climax, Head, Pinnacle, Tip, Top, Vertex), دزدیدن (Embezzle, Picaroonp, Pick, Prig, Purloin, Rifle, Rob, Spoliate, Steal, Thieve), به نقطه اوج رسیدن , بصورت نوک تیزدرامدن . (various references) | |
Finnish | huippu (apex, summit, top). (various references) | |
French | sommet (peak value), visière, pointe (listening peak), pic, cime. (various references) | |
German | Spitze (apex, barb, cusp, dig, dig (at), end, fineness, front, great, head, hit, holder, horn, in-group, jag, keen, lace, lead, nib, pike, pinnacle, point, pointed toe, shaft, Spike, spire, summit, surplus, tip, toe, too much, top, Van, vanguard, vertex, wild), Zacke (beak, conk, cusps, edge, jag, jagged peak, point, prong, summit, tine, tip, tooth), Schirm (cap, parasol, protection, screen, shade, shield, sunshade, umbrella, visor), Gipfel (acme, apogee, crest, height, hilltop, meridian, perfection, pinnacle, summit, summits, surface, tip, top). (various references) | |
Greek | κορυφή (acknowledger, apex, atop, climax, crest, crown, mountaintop, needle, ridge, summit, tiptop, top, vertex), αιχμή (nib, pin point, point, spicule, tip). (various references) | |
Hebrew | מרום (height, sky), מצחה (greave, visor), להגיע לפסגה (culminate, top), שיא (acme, apex, climax, height, high, highlight, maximum, pinnacle, summit, top, zenith), פסגה (apex, climax, culmination, head, summit, top, zenith), חוד בולט, גבנון (hummock, hump, hunch), רזה (lean, macilent, meagre, peaky, skinny, slender, slim, spare, thin), נקודת השיא. (various references) | |
Hungarian | csúcs (aces, apex, apical, crest, culmination, gable, pinnacle, pitch, point, summit, tip, tiptop, to be all aces, top, vertex, vertices). (various references) | |
Indonesian | puncak (apex, capstone, crest, culmination, cusp, high, mount, pitch, top, zenith). (various references) | |
Irish | binn (corner). (various references) | |
Italian | punta (bit, Cape, drill, end, headland, jag, lace, pinch, point, prick, prong, Spike, spire, summit, tang, tip, toe, top, touch), visiera (shade, sunshade, visor, Vizard, vizor), picco (crag, pinnacle), massimo (acme, all-time, highest, limit, maximum, most, outside, top, ultimate, utmost), culmine (acme, climax, crest, culmination, height, high tide, meridian, summit, top, zenith), cima (crown, genius, height, hilltop, ridge, rope, spire, summit, surface, tip, top). (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | 峰 (ridge). (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | たけ (all, another family, bamboo, height, length, measure, middle, mountain, stature), ぜっちょう (climax, summit), ピーク (peek), さかり (be at one's best, prime, summit), みね (back of a sword, ridge), ちょうじょう (excellent, one's elderor superior, piled one upon another, splendid, summit, top). (various references) | |
Korean | 첨단. (various references) | |
Manx | speek (spire, steeple), peeik, mullagh (apex, capital, ceiling, ceiling of prices, crest, crest of wave, crisis, crisis of illness, culmination, eminence, pinnacle, ridge, roofing, summit, top, vertex), eairk (antler, cusp, horn). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | eakpay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | pico (pike, point, spur, summit, thorn, tip), ponta (beak, crampon, jot, neb, nib, point, prickle, sparable, stub, summit, tab, tine, tip). (various references) | |
Romanian | punct culminant (climax), pisc (crag, summit, tor), vîrf (point, summit, tip), vârful picului, vârf (acme, apex, cap, climax, crest, cusp, edge, end, head, height, knoll, nib, nozzle, pinnacle, point, style, summit, tip, tiptop, top, topping), culme (acme, apex, apogee, climax, crest, culmination, height, heyday, it, noon, noonday, noontide, paroxysm, perfection, perisher, ridge, summit, top, vertex, zenith), colţ de fungã, cap (bean, beginning, brains, Cape, chief, chump, end, foreland, front, head, heading, headland, judgment, knob, lid, loaf, mastermind, Mull, Ness, noddle, noggin, nut, pate, peninsula, pericranium, pommel, promontory, rock, sense, skull, top, understanding). (various references) | |
Russian | слабеть (fail, give, languish, relax, slacken, weaken), форпик, гребень (arris, cam, comb, crest, crown, flange, hackle, pectination, ridge, ruff, tongue), выступать острием, высшая точка (acme, climax, meridian, tiptop, topgallant), вершина (acme, apex, apices, culm, mountaintop, nab, pinnacle, root, summit, tip, top, vertex), отопить реи, обострять (exacerbate), максимум (hump, maximum, superior limit), пик максимальный, пик (crest, nab, spire). (various references) | |
Scottish | pig, beann (also gen.pl. of beinn, horn, top). (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | vrhunac (acme, climax, heyday, highlight, pinnacle, roof, tiptop, top, vertex, zenith), vrh (acme, apex, crest, cusp, head, height, pinnacle, point, summit, tip, top), ušiljiti (sharpen), maksimum (max, maximum), dostići vrhunac, špic (spitz, spitz dog, tip, top), šiljak (cusp, jag, nib, spike, tip). (various references) | |
Spanish | punta (beak, bodkin, end, extremity, head, hustler, jag, nib, pen nib, Pike, point, Spike, summit, tip, toe), cumbre (acme, apex, pinnacle, summit, summit meeting, top, zenith), visera (shade, visor, Vizard, vizor), pico (beak, bill, capstan, dive, extremity, lip, lips, mountain peak, mountain top, pap, pick, pinnacle, spout, woodpecker), cresta (crest, ridge, top, tuft). (various references) | |
Sranan | penti (point, summit, tip), tapu (cover, point, summit, tip). (various references) | |
Swedish | topp (apex, crest, crown, head, height, summit, tip, top, vertex, zenith), spets (apex, head, horn, jag, lace, lacing, nib, point, pomeranian, prod, Spitz, tine, tip, top). (various references) | |
Turkish | zirve (acme, apex, apogee, cap, climax, crown, culmination, cusp, head, height, high, high tide, meridian, payoff, Pike, pink, pinnacle, summit, top, vertex, zenith), zayıflamak (be on the wane, decay, decline, fade, grow lean, grow thin, loose flesh, reduce, slim, thin, thin down, thin of, thin out, weaken), uç (apex, bit, cusp, end, extremity, point, pole, tab, tail, terminal, the extreme, tip, toe, top), tepe noktası, tepe (apex, apical, cap, crest, crown, down, eminence, eminency, fell, head, height, Hill, hump, Mount, ridge, rise, roof, tip, top, topknot, vertex), en yoğun olduğu durum, en yoğun olan, doruk (acme, apex, apical, apogee, climax, crest, culmination, cusp, height, heyday, high tide, meridian, pinnacle, sum, summit, top, vertex, zenith), doruğa ulaşmak (come to a head, culminate), şapka siperi (brim, shade, visor, vizor). (various references) | |
Ukrainian | вістря (barb, edge, nib, pile, prick, spearhead, spire), випинатися (bag, bulge, goggle, jut, knob, overhang, project, stick up), найвища точка (acme, climax, culmination, high, tiptop), загострювати (acuminate, aggravate, edge, escalate, keen, rankle, subtilize, thin), пік (cusp, nab, tor). (various references) | |
Vietnamese | tột đỉnh (acme, perfection, zenith). (various references) | |
Welsh | ban (arm, branch, corner, lofty, loud, part of line, quarter, stanza, verse). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | cacumen, cacumina, cacumine, cacuminibus, conus, fastigio, fastigium, pinnacula, pinnaculis, pinnaculum, promontorium, vertice, verticem, vertices, verticibus. (various references) |
| Late Latin | 300-700 | pinnaculum. (various references) |
| French | 1500-Modern | piton. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "peak": peaked, peakedness, peakednesses, peakier, peakiest, peaking, peakish, peakless, peaklike, peaks, peaky. (additional references) | |
Words ending with "peak": apeak, bespeak, doublespeak, forepeak, forespeak, misspeak, newspeak, nonpeak, outspeak, respeak, speak, unspeak. (additional references) | |
Words containing "peak": bespeaking, bespeaks, doublespeaker, doublespeakers, doublespeaks, forepeaks, forespeaking, forespeaks, loudspeaker, loudspeakers, misspeaking, misspeaks, newspeaks, nonspeaker, nonspeakers, nonspeaking, outspeaking, outspeaks, respeaking, respeaks, speakable, speakeasies, speakeasy, speaker, speakerphone, speakerphones, speakers, speakership, speakerships, speaking, speakings, speaks, unspeakable, unspeakably, unspeaking, unspeaks. (additional references) | |
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"Peak" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: eak, epack, feak, fpeak, geak, paak, paek, pak, paka, pake, Patak, Pauk, pcak, peab, Peack, pead, peaf, peah, peake, peam, peark, peau, peav, peaw, peax, peaz, peec, peeik, peekl, pei, peik, pek, pelk, Penk, Perak, Petko, pexa, Phac, phea, piank, pika, pisac, Pitak, pixk, plak, Pleiku, pleka, Pmac, poik, poka, preak, Psac, Ptac, Ptak, puek, Puhakka, Puok, puuk, pyka, veak, yeak, zeak. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "peak" (pronounced pē"k) |
| 3 | p ē" k | bespeak, misspeak, peek, pique, respeak, speak. |
| 2 | -ē" k | antique, batik, beak, bleak, boutique, cacique, cheek, chic, cleek, clique, creak, Creek, critique, Dominique, eke, freak, geek, greek, leak, leek, meek, mystique, oblique, physique, reek, seek, sheik, Sheikh, shriek, sleek, sneak, squeak, streak, teak, technique, tweak, unique, weak, week, wreak. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-e-k-p" | |
-1 letter: ape, kae, kea, kep, pea. | |
-2 letters: ae, ka, pa, pe. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-e-k-p" | |
+1 letter: apeak, apeek, peaks, peaky, pekan, spake, speak. | |
+2 letters: keypad, makeup, packed, packer, packet, paiked, pakeha, parked, parker, peaked, pekans, pikake, repack, repark, speaks, splake, takeup, uptake. | |
+3 letters: apelike, barkeep, bespake, bespeak, breakup, cupcake, garpike, kajeput, keypads, knapped, knapper, kneecap, kneepad, kneepan, makeups, maplike, nonpeak, package, packers, packets, packmen, pakehas, pancake, parkers, partake, passkey, pawkier, peacock, peakier, peaking, peakish, pealike, pickaxe, pikakes, pikeman, placket, planked, polkaed, pranked, prebake, prepack, presoak, rampike, ranpike, repacks, reparks, respeak, shakeup, spackle, spanked, spanker, sparked, sparker, sparkle, speaker, splakes, takeups, unspeak, uptakes, wickape. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Usage: Modern | 5. Usage: Commercial 6. Images: Slideshow 7. Images: Photo Album 8. Images: Digital Art | 9. Quotations: Familiar 10. Quotations: Fiction 11. Quotations: Non-fiction 12. Quotations: Speeches | 13. Usage Frequency 14. Names: Frequency 15. Names: Company Usage 16. Cities | 17. Expressions 18. Expressions: Internet 19. Translations: Modern 20. Translations: Ancient | 21. Abbreviations 22. Acronyms 23. Derivations 24. Rhymes | 25. Anagrams 26. Bibliography |
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