1.  adams(n = noun.person) sam adams, samuel adams - American Revolutionary leader and patriot; an organizer of the Boston Tea Party and signer of the Declaration of Independence (1722-1803);
is a kind of american revolutionary leader

2.  adams(n = noun.person) john quincy adams, president adams, president john quincy adams - 6th President of the United States; son of John Adams (1767-1848);
is a kind of chief executive, president, president of the united states, united states president

3.  adams(n = noun.person) john adams, president adams, president john adams - 2nd President of the United States (1735-1826);
is a kind of chief executive, president, president of the united states, united states president

4.  adams(n = noun.object) mount adams - a mountain peak in southwestern Washington in the Cascade Range (12,307 feet high);
is a kind of mountain peak
is a part of evergreen state, wa, washington, cascade mountains, cascade range, cascades

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1.  peak(n = noun.quantity) extremum - the most extreme possible amount or value; "voltage peak"
is a kind of limit, limitation
has particulars: lower limit, minimum, maximum, upper limit
Derived forms verb peak₁, adjective peaky₁

2.  peak(n = noun.time) bloom, blossom, efflorescence, flower, flush, heyday, prime - the period of greatest prosperity or productivity;
is a kind of period, period of time, time period
has particulars: golden age

3.  peak(n = noun.state) acme, elevation, height, meridian, pinnacle, summit, superlative, tiptop, top - 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"
is a kind of degree, level, point, stage
Derived form verb peak₁

4.  peak(n = noun.location) crest, crown, summit, tip, top - 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"
is a kind of place, spot, topographic point
has particulars: brow, hilltop, pinnacle, mountain peak

5.  peak(n = noun.shape) point, tip - a V shape; "the cannibal's teeth were filed to sharp points"
is a kind of convex shape, convexity
is a part of alpenstock, arrowhead, knife, pencil, blade, brand, steel, sword, cone, cone shape, conoid
has particulars: widow's peak, cusp, head

6.  peak(n = noun.location) acme, apex, vertex - the highest point (of something); "at the peak of the pyramid"
is a kind of extreme, extreme point, extremum
has particulars: crown, roof peak

7.  peak(n = noun.artifact) bill, eyeshade, visor, vizor - a brim that projects to the front to shade the eyes; "he pulled down the bill of his cap and trudged ahead"
is a kind of brim
is a part of baseball cap, golf cap, jockey cap, kepi, peaked cap, service cap, yachting cap

   peak(v = verb.motion) top out - 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"
is one way to arrive at, attain, gain, hit, make, reach
Derived forms noun peak₁, noun peak₃
Sample sentences: Something ----s; Something is ----ing PP

1.  A point; the sharp end or top of anything that terminates in a point; as, the peak, or front, of a cap. Beau. & Fl. [1913 Webster]

2.  The top, or one of the tops, of a hill, mountain, or range, ending in a point; often, the whole hill or mountain, esp. when isolated; as, the Peak of Teneriffe. [1913 Webster]
"Silent upon a peak in Darien." [1913 Webster]

3.  The upper aftermost corner of a fore-and-aft sail; -- used in many combinations; as, peak-halyards, peak-brails, etc. [1913 Webster]

1.  To rise or extend into a peak or point; to form, or appear as, a peak. [1913 Webster]
"There peaketh up a mighty high mount." [1913 Webster]

2.  To achieve a maximum of numerical value, intensity of activity, popularity, or other characteristic, followed by a decline; as, the stock market peaked in January; his performance as a pitcher peaked in 1990; sales of the XTX model peaked at 20,000 per year. [PJC]

3.  To acquire sharpness of figure or features; hence, to look thin or sickly. Shak. [1913 Webster]

4.  To pry; to peep slyly. Shak. [1913 Webster]

   To raise to a position perpendicular, or more nearly so; as, to peak oars, to hold them upright; to peak a gaff or yard, to set it nearer the perpendicular. [1913 Webster]

peak, n. & v.
--n.
1 a projecting usu. pointed part, esp.: a the pointed top of a mountain. b a mountain with a peak. c a stiff brim at the front of a cap. d a pointed beard. e the narrow part of a ship's hold at the bow or stern (forepeak; after-peak). f Naut. the upper outer corner of a sail extended by a gaff.
2 a the highest point in a curve (on the peak of the wave). b the time of greatest success (in a career etc.). c the highest point on a graph etc.
--v.intr. reach the highest value, quality, etc. (output peaked in September).

Idiom:
peak hour the time of the most intense traffic etc. peak-load the maximum of electric power demand etc.

Derivative:
peaked adj. peaky adj. peakiness n.

peak, v.intr.
1 waste away.
2 (as peaked adj.) sharp-featured; pinched.

Etymology:
16th c.: orig. unkn.

VB  V, be ill, ail, suffer, labor under, be affected with, complain of, have, droop, flag, languish, halt, sicken, peak, pine, gasp, keep one's bed, feign sickness, lay by, lay up, take a disease, catch a disease, catch an infection, break out.

N  height, altitude, elevation, eminence, pitch, loftiness, sublimity, tallness, stature, procerity, prominence, colossus, giant, grenadier, giraffe, camelopard, mount, mountain, hill alto, butte, monticle, fell, knap, cape, headland, foreland, promontory, ridge, hog's back, dune, rising ground, vantage ground, down, moor, moorland, Alp, uplands, highlands, heights, knob, loma, pena, picacho, tump, knoll, hummock, hillock, barrow, mound, mole, steeps, bluff, cliff, craig, tor, peak, pike, clough, escarpment, edge, ledge, brae, dizzy height, tower, pillar, column, obelisk, monument, steeple, spire, minaret, campanile, turret, dome, cupola, skyscraper, pole, pikestaff, maypole, flagstaff, top mast, topgallant mast, ceiling, high water, high tide, flood tide, spring tide, altimetry, batophobia, satellite, spy-in-the-sky, high, elevated, eminent, exalted, lofty, tall, gigantic, Patagonian, towering, beetling, soaring, hanging (gardens), elevated, upper, highest, high reaching, insessorial, perching, upland, moorland, hilly, knobby, mountainous, alpine, subalpine, heaven kissing, cloudtopt, cloudcapt, cloudtouching, aerial, overhanging, incumbent, overlying, superincumbent, supernatant, superimposed, prominent, tall as a maypole, tall as a poplar, tall as a steeple, lanky, on high, high up, aloft, up, above, aloof, overhead, airwind, upstairs, abovestairs, in the clouds, on tiptoe, on stilts, on the shoulders of, over head and ears, breast high, over, upwards, from top to bottom, e meglio cader dalle finistre che dal tetto.

N  summit, summity, top, peak, vertex, apex, zenith, pinnacle, acme, culmination, meridian, utmost height, ne plus utra, height, pitch, maximum, climax, culminating point, crowning point, turning point, turn of the tide, fountain head, water shed, water parting, sky, pole, tip, tip top, crest, crow's nest, cap, truck, nib, end, crown, brow, head, nob, noddle, pate, capsheaf, high places, heights, topgallant mast, sky scraper, quarter deck, hurricane deck, architrave, frieze, cornice, coping stone, zoophorus, capital, epistyle, sconce, pediment, entablature, tympanum, ceiling, attic, loft, garret, house top, upper story, summit conference, summit, peak of achievement, peak of performance, peaks and troughs, peaks and valleys (in graphs), highest &c (high), top, top most, upper most, tiptop, culminating, meridian, meridional, capital, head, polar, supreme, supernal, topgallant, atop, at the top of the tree, en flute, fleur deau.

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