peak
/piːk/
Dictionary
noun
- A point; the sharp end or top of anything that terminates in a point; as, the peak, or front, of a cap.
- The highest value reached by some quantity in a time period.
"The stock market reached a peak in September 1929."
- The top, or one of the tops, of a hill, mountain, or range, ending in a point.
"They reached the peak after 8 hours of climbing."
- The whole hill or mountain, especially when isolated.
- The upper aftermost corner of a fore-and-aft sail.
"peak-brails"
- The narrow part of a vessel's bow, or the hold within it.
- The extremity of an anchor fluke; the bill.
- A local maximum of a function, e.g. for sine waves, each point at which the value of y is at its maximum.
verb
- To reach a highest degree or maximum.
"Historians argue about when the Roman Empire began to peak and ultimately decay."
- To rise or extend into a peak or point; to form, or appear as, a peak.
- To raise the point of (a gaff) closer to perpendicular.
Synonyms:culminate
adjective
- Maximal, maximally quintessential or representative; constituting the culmination of
- Bad
- Unlucky; unfortunate
Synonyms:hench
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