peak

Significado (Inglês)

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.

Conceitos

pico

cume

ponta

topo

🔝

ápice

extremidade

auge

cimo

🔝

vértice

máximo

cimeira

🔝

fim

🔚

flor

🌸

penetrante

picante

pontudo

ríspido

crista

floração

acre

atingir o auge

afiado

aguçado

agudo

apogeu

aresta

bico

cima

🔝

clímax

conclusão

cortante

Sinônimos

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

👃

Traduções

sommet

cima

🔝

Gipfel

cima

🔝

cime

Spitze

cim

pico

pointe

picco

top

🔝

cumbre

crête

culmine

spits

Pronunciado como (IPA)

/piːk/

Etimologia (Inglês)

Herdado de inglês médio: pek

Herdado de inglês arcaico: pīc

Cognato com holandês: piek

Cognato com dinamarquês: pik

Cognato com sueco: pik

Cognato com norueguês: 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.

Frases

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

Applications include power generation for combined cycle or peak power .

As aplicações incluem geração de energia para ciclo combinado ou potência de pico.

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

As viagens Peak na sexta -feira nas noites de táxis de medalhão e no sábado à noite para os táxis verdes.