PEAKS
/piːks/
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Scrabble
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WWF
P(3) E(1) A(1) K(5) S(1)
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Definition
/piːks/
noun
- 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.“The stock market reached a peak in September 1929.”
- 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.”
- The whole hill or mountain, especially when isolated.
- The upper aftermost corner of a fore-and-aft sail.“peak-brails”
verb
- To reach a highest degree or maximum.“Historians argue about when the Roman Empire began to peak and ultimately decay.”
- To rise or extend into a peak or point; to form, or appear as, a peak.
- To raise the point of (a gaff) closer to perpendicular.
verb
- To become sick or wan.
- To acquire sharpness of figure or features; hence, to look thin or sickly.
- To pry; to peep slyly.
Source: Wiktionary
Hooks
Front hooks: S-PEAKS
