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Antonyms for peaks

Grammar : Noun, verb
Spell : peek
Phonetic Transcription : pik

Definition of peaks

Origin :
  • "pointed top," 1520s, variant of pike (n.4) "sharp point." Meaning "top of a mountain" first recorded 1630s, though pike was used in this sense c.1400. Figurative sense is 1784. Meaning "point formed by hair on the forehead" is from 1833. According to OED, The Peak in Derbyshire is older than the word for "mountaintop;" e.g. Old English Peaclond, for the district, Pecsaetan, for the people who settled there, Peaces ærs for Peak Cavern; sometimes said to be a reference to an elf-denizen Peac "Puck."
  • noun top of something
  • noun maximum, zenith
  • verb reach highest point
Example sentences :
  • The stars were peaks, the crosses were foothills, and the lines were creeks and valleys.
  • Extract from : « The Heart of Thunder Mountain » by Edfrid A. Bingham
  • But for once the cowmen of the Four Peaks were equal to the situation.
  • Extract from : « Hidden Water » by Dane Coolidge
  • And with one voice the Four Peaks cowmen agreed that it did.
  • Extract from : « Hidden Water » by Dane Coolidge
  • From the depths of despondency, I rose to the peaks of elation.
  • Extract from : « Astounding Stories of Super-Science July 1930 » by Various
  • There, as the peaks of the mountains brighten, they are seen to have great faces.
  • Extract from : « The Little Dream (Second Series Plays) » by John Galsworthy
  • Peggy went to the door and gazed long and keenly at the peaks.
  • Extract from : « They of the High Trails » by Hamlin Garland
  • The Sierra Nevada peaks have snow the year round, even in the hottest summers.
  • Extract from : « Getting to know Spain » by Dee Day
  • On either side of the Kuti River were peaks as high as 20,000 feet and more.
  • Extract from : « In the Forbidden Land » by Arnold Henry Savage Landor
  • Upwards—towards the peaks, towards the stars, and towards the great silence!
  • Extract from : « The Mountain that was 'God' » by John H. Williams
  • My painting was the Dragon Maid, standing on the peaks of earth.
  • Extract from : « The Dragon Painter » by Mary McNeil Fenollosa

Synonyms for peaks

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