peak
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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.
"The stock market reached a peak in September 1929."
3. The top, or one of the tops, of a hill, mountain, or range, ending in a point.
"They reached the peak after 8 hours of climbing."
4. The whole hill or mountain, especially when isolated.
5. The upper aftermost corner of a fore-and-aft sail.
"peak-brails"
6. The narrow part of a vessel's bow, or the hold within it.
7. The extremity of an anchor fluke; the bill.
8. A local maximum of a function, e.g. for sine waves, each point at which the value of y is at its maximum.
Synonyms
1. To reach a highest degree or maximum.
"Historians argue about when the Roman Empire began to peak and ultimately decay."
2. To rise or extend into a peak or point; to form, or appear as, a peak.
3. To raise the point of (a gaff) closer to perpendicular.
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1. Maximal, maximally quintessential or representative; constituting the culmination of
2. Bad
3. Unlucky; unfortunate
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peak
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1. To become sick or wan.
2. To acquire sharpness of figure or features; hence, to look thin or sickly.
3. To pry; to peep slyly.
Source: en.wiktionary.org
peak
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1. Wampum.
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