2. Verb. (third-person singular of peak) ¹
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Definition of Peaks
1. peak [v] - See also: peak
Lexicographical Neighbors of Peaks
Literary usage of Peaks
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Geographical Journal by Royal Geographical Society (Great Britain). (1906)
"THE SNOW-peaks OF RUWENZORI. THEIR PROBABLE POSITIONS AND HEIGHTS. By Lieut.
TT BEHRENS, RE IN the following note an attempt has been made to combine the ..."
2. The American Naturalist by American Society of Naturalists, Essex Institute (1903)
"The Truchas peaks are in the Sante Fe Range and represent almost the ... The first
week in August, 1902, I visited these peaks and collected both flowers ..."
3. A Sketch of the Geography and Geology of the Himalaya Mountains and Tibet by Sidney Gerald Burrard, Henry Hubert Hayden (1907)
"When this step has been taken, further progress becomes possible ; the peaks can
be made the basis of subsequent surveys ; the courses of rivers and the ..."
4. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann, Edward Aloysius Pace, Condé Bénoist Pallen, Thomas Joseph Shahan, John Joseph Wynne (1913)
"Biretta, a square cap with three ridges or peaks on its upper surface, ...
German, and Spanish clergy as a rule have four peaks instead of three; ..."
5. The Modern Traveller: A Popular Description, Geographical, Historical, and by Josiah Conder (1828)
"Three still loftier peaks rise in the Jawahir district, ... Hodgson advanced,
was within two miles and a half of one of the gigantic peaks, here seen, ..."
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