peach
Pluralpeaches
Pluralpeaches
Formspeaches, peaching, peached
- 1A soft, juicy fruit with fuzzy skin and a large pit in the middle.
Like a soft ball with a hard seed hidden inside.
She bit into a ripe peach and juice ran down her chin.
We picked a basket of peaches from the tree.
UsageSay a peach, but peach pie or peach jam.
- 2A small fruit tree with pink flowers that grows soft, sweet fruit.
The peach in our yard grows pink flowers every spring.
Our old peach is covered in pink blossoms this week.
UsageMost people say peach tree.
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- 3A soft, light color between pink and orange.
They painted the bedroom a soft peach.
Her dress was a pale peach that matched the flowers.
- 4Having a soft pinkish-orange color.
She wore a peach sweater to school.
The bathroom tiles were a soft peach shade.
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Less common meanings
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- 7To tell the police or authorities about a partner's crimes, betraying them.
Ay, says Will, I am undone for all that; for the officers are after me; and I am a dead dog if I am taken, for George is in custody, and he has peached me and all the others, to save his life.
1840, Daniel Defoe, Life of Colonel Jack: AndHere, peached means told the authorities about his partners in crime.Note
- 8A kind of rock found in tin mines, sometimes mixed with a green mineral.
A quartz (sparry) vein, unless accompanied by other minerals such as peach, chlorite, &c., is considered valueless as an indication of the presence of ore.
1908, James Bastian Hill, The Geology of Falmouth and Truro and of the Mining District of Camborne and RedruthHere, peach means a kind of rock found in tin mines.Chlorite forms the characterizing ingredient in chlorite slate; it is common in Cornwall with the tin veins, constituting with quartz the rock commonly known there as killas; the ordinary name for chlorite is peach.
1858, Robert Philips Greg, Manual of the mineralogy of Great Britain & IrelandNote
- 9Very nice and enjoyable.
'That'll be just peach with me.'
2000, Marc Behm, Afraid to Death
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Origins
It came through Old French and Latin from a Greek phrase meaning "Persian apple."
Checked 31 Oct 2026 · 2 facts
- Peach came through Old French and Latin. en.wiktionary.org
- Its ultimate source is a Greek phrase meaning Persian apple. en.wiktionary.org
It comes from a Middle English word meaning "to accuse," possibly from a Late Latin word meaning "to entangle."
Checked 31 Oct 2026 · 2 facts
- The verb derives from a Middle English word meaning "to accuse." en.wiktionary.org
- Its proposed ultimate source is a Late Latin word meaning "to entangle." en.wiktionary.org