# peach

Pronunciation: say "PEECH" /piːt͡ʃ/

## Noun

1. A soft, juicy stone fruit with yellow or white flesh, fuzzy red-tinted yellow skin, and a single large pit.
   - Simple: A soft, juicy fruit with fuzzy skin and a large pit in the middle.
   - _The peach was so ripe that its skin split at the slightest touch._
   - _Vendors stacked peaches in neat pyramids at the market._
2. A tree of the species Prunus persica, native to China and now grown across temperate regions, bearing pink flowers and edible fruit.
   - Simple: A small fruit tree with pink flowers that grows soft, sweet fruit.
   - _The peach in our backyard blossoms every spring before the leaves appear._
   - _Gardeners prune their peaches in late winter to encourage new growth._
3. A light yellow-red color, like the skin of the ripe fruit.
   - Simple: A soft, light color between pink and orange.
   - _The designer chose peach for the curtains to warm the room._
   - _At dawn the sky turned a delicate peach above the hills._
5. Someone or something especially delightful, likable, or admirable. *(colloquial)*
   - Simple: A person or thing that is really wonderful or lovely.
   - _Thanks for covering my shift. You're a real peach._
   - _Their new babysitter is an absolute peach._
6. A person's buttocks or bottom. *(slang)*
   - Simple: A person's bottom or rear end.
   - _She tripped over the rug and landed flat on her peach._
   - _The new workout routine has really toned her peach._

## Adjective

4. Having the light yellow-red color of the ripe fruit.
   - Simple: Having a soft pinkish-orange color.
   - _He picked out peach curtains for the living room._
   - _Her cheeks flushed a peach hue in the cold._

## Verb

7. To inform against one's associates or accomplices; to betray someone to the authorities or turn informer. *(obsolete)*
   - Simple: To tell the police or authorities about a partner's crimes, betraying them.

## Noun

8. A type of rock found in tin mines, sometimes associated with chlorite. *(obsolete, Cornwall)*
   - Simple: A kind of rock found in tin mines, sometimes mixed with a green mineral.

## Other meanings

- (adjective) Particularly pleasing or agreeable.

## Origin

**Meanings 1–6** — It comes from Middle English peche, from Old French pesche, going back through Late and Classical Latin to Ancient Greek mâlon persikón, meaning "Persian apple."
**Meaning 7** — Late Latin impedicō ("entangle") and Anglo-Norman anpecher are a possible source. The word itself is Middle English pechen, a relative of apechen and empechen, which both meant "to accuse." Compare impeach.

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/peach (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).