peak

IPA: pˈik

A point; the sharp end or top of anything that terminates in a point; as, the peak, or front, of a cap.
The highest value reached by some quantity in a time period.
(geography) The top, or one of the tops, of a hill, mountain, or range, ending in a point.
(geography) The whole hill or mountain, especially when isolated.
(nautical) The upper aftermost corner of a fore-and-aft sail.
(nautical) The narrow part of a vessel's bow, or the hold within it.
(nautical) The extremity of an anchor fluke; the bill.
(mathematics) A local maximum of a function, e.g. for sine waves, each point at which the value of y is at its maximum.
A surname.
Alternative form of peag (“wampum”). [Wampum.]

(transitive, nautical) To raise the point of (a gaff) closer to perpendicular.
(intransitive)
To reach a highest degree or maximum.
To rise or extend into a peak or point; to form, or appear as, a peak.
(gender-critical) To cause to adopt gender-critical or trans-exclusionary views (ellipsis of peak trans).
(intransitive) To become sick or wan.
(intransitive) To acquire sharpness of figure or features; hence, to look thin or sickly.
(intransitive) To pry; to peep slyly.
Misspelling of pique. [(transitive)]

At the greatest extent; maximum.
(slang) Maximal, quintessential, archetypical; representing the culmination of its type.
(MLE) Bad.
(MLE) Unlucky; unfortunate.

Examples of "peak" in Sentences

The peak of excellence was attainable.
The top of the peak is relatively flat.
This is the uppermost peak of the mountain.
The peak of course, is the top of the mountain.
Bison Peak is the highest peak in the wilderness.
The top of the peak is the highest point of Breckenridge Ski Resort.
Gun is an undistinguished hill at the southern end of the Peak District.
Doublet Peak is the fifth highest peak in the Wind River Range, Wyoming.
It is the second highest non volcanic peak in the state, after Bonanza Peak.
Such ends are positioned higher than the peak of the convex surface of the tire.