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# peak

noun (a peak, peaks); verb (peak, peaks, peaked, peaking); adjective (peak)

«peak» in the English dictionary: everyday and in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. A peak is the pointed top of a mountain, or a mountain with a pointed top. [tree →](https://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://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/peak/#m2)
3. To peak is to reach the highest point. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/peak/#m3)
4. Peak describes the busiest or best time, like peak hours. [tree →](https://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://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://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/peak/#m6)

### 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://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/peak/#x1)
- Snow covered the peaks. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/peak/#x2)
- The graph shows a peak on Saturday. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/peak/#x3)
- Shops are busiest at peak times. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/peak/#x4)
- The temperature peaked at thirty degrees. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/peak/#x5)
- He was at the peak of his career. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/peak/#x6)
- Pull the peak of your cap down to shade your eyes. [tree →](https://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://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 Jewish tradition

Here "mountains of peaks" describes Bashan's many-pointed hills, which look proud and tall.

**Interpretation.** The tradition reads the psalm as saying that the tall mountains of Bashan are jealous because God chose the small hill of Zion for His home.

### Examples

- A mountain of God is the mountain of Bashan; a mountain of peaks is the mountain of Bashan. (Writings PSA.68.16, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/P/peak/#x1)
- Why look ye askance, ye mountains of peaks, at the mountain which God hath desired for His abode? (Writings PSA.68.17, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/P/peak/#x2)

### 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.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «peak» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/peak/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«peak» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/peak.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of «peak» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/P/peak/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«peak» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/peak.html) on Mova free.