peak

Betekenis (Engels)

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.

Concepten

top

🔝

piek

spits

tip

neus

👃

punt

topje

hoogtepunt

toppunt

🔝

hoofd

puntig

schel

scherp

schril

snerpend

voleinding

wegkwijnen

climax

hoekpunt

beëindiging

bovenstuk

besluit

bijtend

doordringend

eind

🔚

einde

end

fel

guur

Synoniemen

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

👃

Vertalingen

sommet

cima

🔝

Gipfel

cima

🔝

cime

Spitze

pico

cim

pointe

pico

cumbre

picco

crête

culmine

vetta

🔝

Uitgesproken als (IPA)

/piːk/

Etymologie (Engels)

Overgenomen van Middelengels: pek

Overgenomen van Oudengels: pīc

Verwant aan Nederlands: piek

Verwant aan Deens: pik

Verwant aan Zweeds: pik

Verwant aan Noors: 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.

Zinnen

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

Applications include power generation for combined cycle or peak power .

Toepassingen omvatten stroomopwekking voor gecombineerde cyclus of piekvermogen.

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

Trips Peak Friday Avings voor medailloncabines en zaterdagavond voor groene taxi's.