PEAK

I. noun Etymology: perhaps alteration of pike Date: 1530 a pointed or projecting part of a garment, promontory , a sharp or pointed end, 4. a. the top of a hill or mountain ending in a point, a prominent mountain usually having a well-defined summit, something resembling a mountain ~, 5. the upper aftermost corner of a fore-and-aft sail, the narrow part of a ship's bow or stern or the part of the hold in it, 6. the highest level or greatest degree, a high point in a course of development especially as represented on a graph, widow's ~ , see: summit II. verb Date: 1577 intransitive verb to reach a maximum (as of capacity, value, or activity), transitive verb to cause to come to a ~, point, or maximum, III. adjective Date: 1903 being at or reaching the maximum , IV. intransitive verb Etymology: origin unknown Date: 1605 to grow thin or sickly, to dwindle away, V. transitive verb Etymology: from a~ held vertically Date: 1626 to set (as a gaff) nearer the perpendicular, to hold (oars) with blades well raised