peak

(Inglese)

Noun

1. A point; the sharp end or top of anything that terminates in a point; as, the peak, or front, of a cap.
2. The highest value reached by some quantity in a time period.
3. The top, or one of the tops, of a hill, mountain, or range, ending in a point.
4. The whole hill or mountain, especially when isolated.
5. (UK) visor (horizontal part of a cap sticking out in front and shading the wearer's eyes)
6. The upper aftermost corner of a fore-and-aft sail.
7. The narrow part of a vessel's bow, or the hold within it.
8. The extremity of an anchor fluke; the bill.
9. A local maximum of a function, e.g. for sine waves, each point at which the value of y is at its maximum.
10. (Internet, uncountable) Something of exceptional quality.

Verb

1. (transitive) To raise the point of (a gaff) closer to perpendicular.
2. (transitive) To exceed the maximum signal amplitude of (a piece of equipment), resulting in clipping of the signal.
3. (intransitive) To reach a highest degree or maximum.
4. (intransitive) To rise or extend into a peak or point; to form, or appear as, a peak.
5. (abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis) Ellipsis of peak trans.

Adj

1. At the greatest extent; maximum.
2. (slang) Maximal, quintessential, archetypical, strictly with positive connotations; representing the culmination of its type.
3. (Multicultural-London-English) Bad.
4. (Multicultural-London-English) Unlucky; unfortunate.
5. (Internet) Very good or high-quality.

Verb

1. (intransitive) To become sick or wan.
2. (intransitive) To acquire sharpness of figure or features; hence, to look thin or sickly.
3. (intransitive) To pry; to peep slyly.

Verb

Misspelling of pique.

Pronunciato come (IPA)

/piːk/

Etimologia (Inglese)

Ereditato da inglese medio: pek

Ereditato da inglese antico: pīc

Affine olandese: piek

Affine danese: pik

Affine svedese: pik

Affine norvegese: pik

In summary

From earlier peake, peek, peke, from Middle English pek (in place names), itself an alteration of pike, pyke, pyk (“a sharp point, pike”), from Old English pīc, piic (“a pike, needle, pin, peak, pinnacle”), from Proto-West Germanic *pīk, from Proto-Germanic *pīkaz (“peak”).
Cognate with Dutch piek (“pike, point, summit, peak”), Danish pik (“pike, peak”), Swedish pik (“pike, lance, point, peak”), Norwegian pik (“peak, summit”). More at pike.

Concetti

cima

🔝

picco

vetta

🔝

culmine

sommità

🔝

apice

punta

vertice

cuspide

colmo

pizzo

cocuzzolo

🔝

altura

cucuzzolo

tagliente

acme

apogeo

acre

cùlmine

elevazione

fastigio

massimo

parte superiore

pinnacolo

piramide

rigoglio

top

🔝

visiera

di punta

parte esterna

porzione di coca

auge

acuta

acuto

affilato

aguzzo

appuntato

appuntito

aspro

becco

fine

giogo

monte

⛰️

penna

🪶

piccante

sinonimi

top

🔝

summit

tip

apex

climax

pinnacle

acme

point

zenith

crest

vertex

maximum

culmination

highest point

height

end

🔚

prime

visor

tiptop

ridge

crown

👑

eyeshade

heyday

head

mountain peak

hill

vizor

highlight

highest

culminate

superlative

flower

🌸

pike

meridian

mountain

⛰️

limit

top out

elevation

brow

efflorescence

cusp

blossom

🌼

headland

bloom

prong

bill

flush

spike

high point

nose

👃

Frasi

After six weeks , the song reached a peak of number two on the chart .

Applications include power generation for combined cycle or peak power .

Le applicazioni includono la generazione di energia per ciclo combinato o potenza di picco.

Trips peak Friday evenings for medallion cabs , and Saturday night for Green Taxis .

Trips Peak Venerdì sera per taxi medaglioni e sabato sera per i taxi verdi.