Meaning & Definition of Peak in English

1. The most extreme possible amount or value

• "Voltage peak"

2. The period of greatest prosperity or productivity

3. The highest level or degree attainable

• The highest stage of development

• "His landscapes were deemed the acme of beauty"

• "The artist's gifts are at their acme"

• "At the height of her career"

• "The peak of perfection"

• "Summer was at its peak"

• "...catapulted einstein to the pinnacle of fame"

• "The summit of his ambition"

• "So many highest superlatives achieved by man"

• "At the top of his profession"

4. The top or extreme point of something (usually a mountain or hill)

• "The view from the peak was magnificent"

• "They clambered to the tip of monadnock"

• "The region is a few molecules wide at the summit"

5. A v shape

• "The cannibal's teeth were filed to sharp points"

6. The highest point (of something)

• "At the peak of the pyramid"

7. A brim that projects to the front to shade the eyes

• "He pulled down the bill of his cap and trudged ahead"

1. To reach the highest point

• Attain maximum intensity, activity

• "That wild, speculative spirit peaked in 1929"

• "Bids for the painting topped out at $50 million"