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# peak

«peak» in Mova's school dictionary: **the pointed top of a mountain, or a mountain with a…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 4 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### 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 →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/peak/#m1)

2) A peak is the highest point or level of something, like the peak of a graph. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/peak/#m2)

3) To peak is to reach the highest point. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/peak/#m3)

4) Peak describes the busiest or best time, like peak hours. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/peak/#m4)

5) The peak of a cap is the stiff part that sticks out at the front. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/peak/#m5)

6) Peaked can describe a hat or roof that has a pointed top. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/peak/#m6)

### 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 →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/peak/#x1)
- Snow covered the peaks. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/peak/#x2)
- The graph shows a peak on Saturday. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/peak/#x3)
- Shops are busiest at peak times. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/peak/#x4)
- The temperature peaked at thirty degrees. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/peak/#x5)
- He was at the peak of his career. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/peak/#x6)
- Pull the peak of your cap down to shade your eyes. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/peak/#x7)
- Immediately there rose out of the earth, goodness knows whence,[220] high, ever so high mountains, their peaks touching the sky. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/peak/#x8)

### 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.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/medicine/14-asthma-and-inhalers/14/)
- [The air gets colder the higher you climb, so high peaks can have snow even near the equator.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/world/16-climate-zones/10/)
- [A mountain of God is the mountain of Bashan; a mountain of peaks is the mountain of Bashan.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/PSA.1105/)
- [Why look ye askance, ye mountains of peaks, at the mountain which God hath desired for His abode?](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/PSA.1106/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «peak» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/peak/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.