Definition of peak

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Peak (v. t.) To raise to a position perpendicular, or more nearly so; as, to peak oars, to hold them upright; to peak a gaff or yard, to set it nearer the perpendicular..

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Peak :: Peak (n.) The extremity of an anchor fluke; the bill.
Talk :: Talk (v. t.) To speak freely; to use for conversing or communicating; as, to talk French..
Dulciloquy :: Dulciloquy (n.) A soft manner of speaking.
Snarl :: Snarl (v. i.) To speak crossly; to talk in rude, surly terms..
Interrupt :: Interrupt (v. t.) To break into, or between; to stop, or hinder by breaking in upon the course or progress of; to interfere with the current or motion of; to cause a temporary cessation of; as, to interrupt the remarks speaking..
Fable :: Fable (v. i.) To compose fables; hence, to write or speak fiction ; to write or utter what is not true..
Misspeak :: Misspeak (v. t.) To utter wrongly.
Reticence :: Reticence (n.) The quality or state of being reticent, or keeping silence; the state of holding one's tonque; refraining to speak of that which is suggested; uncommunicativeness..
Hesitate :: Hesitate (v. i.) To stammer; to falter in speaking.
Malign :: Malign (a.) To speak great evil of; to traduce; to defame; to slander; to vilify; to asperse.
Voluble :: Voluble (a.) Moving with ease and smoothness in uttering words; of rapid speech; nimble in speaking; glib; as, a flippant, voluble, tongue..
Hither :: Hither (adv.) To this place; -- used with verbs signifying motion, and implying motion toward the speaker; correlate of hence and thither; as, to come or bring hither..
Straightway :: Straight-spoken (a.) Speaking with directness; plain-spoken.
Humanly :: Humanly (adv.) In a human manner; after the manner of men; according to the knowledge or wisdom of men; as, the present prospects, humanly speaking, promise a happy issue..
Stutter :: Stutter (v. t. & i.) To hesitate or stumble in uttering words; to speak with spasmodic repetition or pauses; to stammer.
Correctness :: Correctness (n.) The state or quality of being correct; as, the correctness of opinions or of manners; correctness of taste; correctness in writing or speaking; the correctness of a text or copy..
Gutturalize :: Gutturalize (v. t.) To speak gutturally; to give a guttural sound to.
Theme :: Theme (n.) A subject or topic on which a person writes or speaks; a proposition for discussion or argument; a text.
Stepped :: Stentorophonic (a.) Speaking or sounding very loud; stentorian.
Scrape :: Scrape (v. t.) To express disapprobation of, as a play, or to silence, as a speaker, by drawing the feet back and forth upon the floor; -- usually with down..
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