Peach Definition

pēch
peaches
noun
peaches
A small prunus tree (Prunus persica) with lance-shaped leaves, pink flowers, and round, juicy, orange-yellow or pinkish-yellow fruit having a fuzzy skin and a single, rough pit.
Webster's New World
Its fruit.
Webster's New World
The orange-yellow or pinkish-yellow color of this fruit.
Webster's New World
A light moderate to strong yellowish pink to light orange.
American Heritage
Any person or thing that is very good or is well liked.
Webster's New World
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verb
peaches
To give evidence against another; turn informer.
Webster's New World
To name in an indictment; impeach.
Webster's New World
To inform against.
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Other Word Forms of Peach

Noun

Singular:
peach
Plural:
peaches

Origin of Peach

  • Middle English pechen from apechen to accuse (probably from Anglo-Norman anpecher) (from Late Latin impedicāre to entangle impeach) and from empechen to accuse impeach

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • Middle English peche from Old French a peach from Latin persica peach tree from Greek persikē from feminine of Persikos Persian perse

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Peach Sentence Examples

  • Bordeaux, this saucy little peach is Cassie Rinehart.

  • When they returned to the house, she made a peach pie and put a chicken on to bake.

  • The fruit of the peach is produced on the ripened shoots of the preceding year.

  • He reached into his jacket and produced an embossed invitation in peach and brown.

  • The low ground between it and the shore, and between the Niagara escarpment and the water on the Canadian shore, is a celebrated fruit growing district, covered with vineyards, peach, apple and pear orchards and fruit farms. The Niagara river is the main feeder of the lake; the other largest rivers emptying into the lake are the Genesee, Oswego and Black from the south side, and the Trent, which discharges into the upper end of the bay of Quinte, a picturesque inlet 70 m.

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Words Starting With

PPEPEA

Words Ending With

HCHACH

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