peak
part of speech
noun (a peak, peaks); verb (peak, peaks, peaked, peaking); adjective (peak)
meaning for a pupil
1) A peak is the pointed top of a mountain, or a mountain with a pointed top. tree →
2) A peak is the highest point or level of something, like the peak of a graph. tree →
3) To peak is to reach the highest point. tree →
4) Peak describes the busiest or best time, like peak hours. tree →
5) The peak of a cap is the stiff part that sticks out at the front. tree →
6) Peaked can describe a hat or roof that has a pointed top. tree →
sense in the lessons
In geography, mountain peaks are shown on maps with height in metres. In maths and science, the peak of a line graph is its highest value. In everyday life, trains are crowded and dearer at peak times; off-peak is cheaper. Phrases: "at its peak", "peak time", "peak season", "snow-capped peaks".
examples
- We climbed to the peak of the mountain. tree →
- Snow covered the peaks. tree →
- The graph shows a peak on Saturday. tree →
- Shops are busiest at peak times. tree →
- The temperature peaked at thirty degrees. tree →
- He was at the peak of his career. tree →
- Pull the peak of your cap down to shade your eyes. tree →
- Immediately there rose out of the earth, goodness knows whence,[220] high, ever so high mountains, their peaks touching the sky. tree →
note
Homophones: "peek" (a quick look) and "pique" (to make curious, as in "pique your interest"). In maths, the peak is the highest value; the lowest is the trough or minimum.
In the corpora
- A peak flow meter measures how fast you can blow air out, which shows how open the airways are.
- The air gets colder the higher you climb, so high peaks can have snow even near the equator.
- A mountain of God is the mountain of Bashan; a mountain of peaks is the mountain of Bashan.
- Why look ye askance, ye mountains of peaks, at the mountain which God hath desired for His abode?
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «peak» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.