Word Finder - peaks

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A point; the sharp end or top of anything that terminates in a point; as, the peak, or front, of a cap.

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The highest value reached by some quantity in a time period.

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The stock market reached a peak in September 1929.

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• apex
• pinnacle

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The top, or one of the tops, of a hill, mountain, or range, ending in a point.

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They reached the peak after 8 hours of climbing.

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• summit
• top

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The whole hill or mountain, especially when isolated.

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The upper aftermost corner of a fore-and-aft sail.

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peak-brails

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The narrow part of a vessel's bow, or the hold within it.

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The extremity of an anchor fluke; the bill.

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A local maximum of a function, e.g. for sine waves, each point at which the value of y is at its maximum.

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To reach a highest degree or maximum.

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Historians argue about when the Roman Empire began to peak and ultimately decay.

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To rise or extend into a peak or point; to form, or appear as, a peak.

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To raise the point of (a gaff) closer to perpendicular.

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To become sick or wan.

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To acquire sharpness of figure or features; hence, to look thin or sickly.

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To pry; to peep slyly.

The highest of the volcanic peaks rises to 12,000 ft.

The day grew hot fast, though the surrounding peaks shaded her from the sun itself.

The actual highest summit is wholly French and is the loftiest peak in the Alps, and in Europe also, if certain peaks in the Caucasus be excluded.

Many of the peaks upon them rise higher than 12,000 ft., and the passes lie at altitudes of 11,000 ft.

All the peaks remained snow-capped, giving sharply defined contrast to the green of their slopes and the blue of the summer sky.

All three Paris curves show three peaks, the first and third representing the ordinary forenoon and afternoon maxima.

Already in 1884 a protocol had been signed between the contending parties, by which it was agreed that the frontier should follow the line where " the highest peaks of the Andine ranges divide the watershed."

South of the lake two ranges of the Tian-shan, separated by the valley of the Naryn, stretch in the same direction, lifting up their icy peaks to 16,000 and 18,000 ft.; while westwards from the lake the precipitous slopes of the Alexander chain, 9000 to io,000 ft.

The highest known peaks rise to 8000 ft., some of them being volcanic.

The snow-clad peaks of the main Caucasus, descending by short, steep slopes, fringe the valley on the north, while an abrupt escarpment, having the characteristics of a border ridge of the Armenian highlands, fronts it on the south.

The Anti-Atlas or Jebel Saghru, also known as the Lesser Atlas, running parallel to and south of the central range, is one of the least elevated chains in the system, having a mean altitude of not more than 5000 ft., although some peaks and even passes exceed 6000 ft.

The Jurjura range, extending through Kabylia from Algiers to Bougie, contains the peaks of Lalla Kedija (7542 ft.), the culminating point of the maritime chains, and Babor (6447 ft.).

What we had supposed to be peaks were in reality a thousand glittering spires.

They were at another discreet location, this one nestled between the peaks of two mountains.

The warmth of the evening chased out Bird Song's guests—all non-dieters probably queuing up for ice cream, or maybe simply promenading the Victorian village streets as alpenglow painted the surrounding peaks in pink.

Dean pointed out the peaks that ringed them; Cirque and Teakettle Mountains, and Potosi Peak, all over 13,000 feet, and Mount Sneffles, standing tall beyond the others, stretching 14,150 feet to the sky.

In Victoria the greatest elevation is reached in the peaks of Mount Bogong (6508 ft.) and Mount Feathertop (6303 ft.), both of which lie north of the Dividing Range; in the main range Mount Hotham (6100 ft.) and Mount Cobberas (6025 ft.) are the highest summits.

As the tableland runs northward it decreases both in height and width, until it narrows to a few miles only, with an elevation of scarcely 1500 ft.; under the name of the Blue Mountains the plateau widens again and increases in altitude, the chief peaks being Mount Clarence(4000 ft.), Mount Victoria (3525 ft.), and Mount Hay (3270 ft.).

The higher Australian peaks in the south-east look just what they are, the worn and denuded stumps of mountains, standing for untold ages above the sea.

Having left the tree-line far behind him, nothing is visible to the traveller for miles around but barren peaks and torn crags in indescribable confusion.

The whole residency is mountainous, but there are two main parallel ranges of peaks along the northern boundary and through the middle.

The rivers of the province belong to the basins of the Indian Ocean and the Java Sea respectively, the water-parting being formed by the western and eastern ends respectively of the northern and southern lines of mountain peaks.

It extends along the right bank of the Rhine from Basel to Kehl, and includes the principal peaks of the southern Black Forest and the Freiburg valley.

Besides the lofty central masses enumerated there are two other lofty peaks, outliers from the main range, and separated from it by valleys of considerable extent.

A mountain, usually with very steep peaks, forms the centre, if not the whole island; on all sides steep ridges descend to the sea, or, as is oftener the case, to a considerable belt of flat land.

There is excellent yachting in the bay, which contains many beautiful islands, such as Peaks and Cushing's islands.

This range is the water-parting for nearly all the westward-flowing streams of the state, and is by far the steepest and most rugged within Nevada, a number of its peaks attaining a height of 11,000 or 12,000 ft.

The other great peaks of the group are Braeriach (4248 ft.) and Cairntoul (4241 ft.), and 6 m.

From the central peaks, of which the axis runs from W.N.W.

From the central peaks fifteen glaciers, all lying west of the main divide, descend to the north and south, the two largest being the Lewis and Gregory glaciers, each about 1 m.

The highest point in the Julian Alps is formed by the three sugar-loaf peaks of the Triglav or Terglou (9394 ft.), which offers one of the finest views in the whole of the Alps, and which bears on its northern declivity the only glacier in the province.

Other high peaks are the Mangart (8784 ft.) and the Jaluz (8708 ft.).

Four peaks along the Blue Ridge have an elevation exceeding 5000 ft.

Other noteworthy peaks are Black Brother (6690 ft.) and Hairy Bear (6681 ft.), the next highest mountains.

Many of the neighbouring mountain ridges have uniform crests, but a greater number terminate in numerous peaks, some sharp, rugged and rocky, but more of them rounded domes.

These mountains, which include the highest peaks in the world, rise, along their entire length, far above the line of perpetual snow, and few of the passes across the main ridges are at a less altitude than 15,000 or 16,000 feet.

South and west the bounding territories are well fixed in geographical position by the Indian survey determinations of the value of Himalayan peaks.

The highest peaks in the Karawankas are the Grosse Mittagskogel (7033 ft.), the Hoch-Obir (7023 ft.) and the Petzen (6934 ft.).

Ansariya, which presently springs up into a high chain of Jurassic limestone with basaltic intrusions, whose peaks rise to 10,000 ft.

The frontier line follows the crest of the mountains, three peaks some io,000 or more ft.

In winter the effect is heightened by the snow which caps all the higher peaks.

The picturesque valley of the Tordino is here dominated by the peaks of the Gran Sasso d'Italia.

Along the western shore woods and prairies alternate, interspersed with a few high peaks.

On the north are the Sudetes, namely the Altvater Gebirge, with the highest peaks the Grosser Schneeberg (4664 ft.) and the Altvater (4887 ft.), which sink gradually towards the west, where the valley of the Oder forms a break between the German mountains and the Carpathians.

Within a hundred miles of the mountains there is constantly in view, in clear weather, the beautiful line of snowy peaks along the western horizon.

The peaks of these mountains are majestic, many of them reaching a height of more than two miles above the sea.

The principal peaks are the Reiftrager (4430 ft.), the Hohe Rad (4968 ft.), the Great Sturmhaube (4862 ft.), the Little Sturmhaube (4646 ft.), and, near the east extremity, the Schneekoppe or Riesenkoppe (5266 ft.), the loftiest mountain in northern or central Germany.

As in the peaks of Orjen, Orobac, Samotica and Veliki Kap, their height often exceeds 6000 ft.

The snow-fall is slight, and, except on a few of the loftier peaks, the snow soon melts.

It has an average height of over 1 i,000 ft., whereas the loftiest peaks in Algeria do not exceed 8000 ft., and the highest in Tunisia are under 6000 ft.