peak
noun/piːk/
Слово англійською: peak
Переклад peak українською: пік
Детальний опис
- [usually singular] the point when somebody/something is best, most successful, strongest, etc. synonym height
- Traffic reaches its peak between 8 and 9 in the morning.
- the peaks and troughs of married life
- at the peak of something She's at the peak of her career.
- Membership of the club has fallen from a peak of 600 people in 2022.
- the pointed top of a mountain; a mountain with a pointed top
- a mountain peak
- snow-capped/jagged peaks
- The climbers made camp halfway up the peak.
- We looked up at the rocky peaks towering above us.
Homophones peak | peek | piquepeak peek pique/piːk/- peak noun
- Mount McKinley is the highest peak in North America.
- peak verb
- Inflation is expected to peak in December.
- peek verb
- I have to peek out from behind a cushion when watching horror films.
- peek noun
- She sneaked a peek at her watch.
- pique noun
- He smashed his racket in a fit of pique.
- pique verb
- He knew the cutting remark would pique his friend's vanity.
Wordfinder
- altitude
- foothill
- mountain
- peak
- precipice
- ridge
- slope
- summit
- valley
- volcano
- Whisk the egg whites into stiff peaks.
- He combed his hair into a peak.
(North American English bill, visor)
the stiff front part of a cap that sticks out above your eyes Word Originmid 16th cent.: probably a back-formation from peaked, variant of dialect picked ‘pointed’.