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Pikes Definition–noun, plural (especially collectively ) pike, (especially referring to two or more kinds or species ) pikes. | 1. | any of several large, slender, voracious freshwater fishes of the genus Esox, having a long, flat snout: the blue pike of the Great Lakes is now extinct. |
| 2. | any of various superficially similar fishes, as the walleye or pikeperch. |
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Peak Definition–noun | 1. | the pointed top of a mountain or ridge. |
| 2. | a mountain with a pointed summit. |
| 3. | the pointed top of anything. | |
| 4. | the highest or most important point or level: the peak of her political career. |
| 5. | the maximum point, degree, or volume of anything: Oil prices reached their peak last year. |
| 6. | a time of the day or year when traffic, use, demand, etc., is greatest and charges, fares, or the like are at the maximum: Early evening is the peak on commuter railroads. |
| 7. | the higher fare, charges, etc., during such a
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| 8. | Physics. | a. | the maximum value of a quantity during a specified time interval: a voltage peak. |
| b. | the maximum power consumed or produced by a unit or group of units in a stated period of time. |
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| 9. | a projecting point: the peak of a man's beard. |
| 11. | a projecting front piece, or visor, of a cap. |
| 13. | Nautical. | a. | the contracted part of a ship's hull at the bow or the stern. |
| b. | the upper after corner of a sail that is extended by a gaff. |
| c. | the outer extremity of a gaff. |
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| 15. | to attain a peak of activity, development, popularity, etc.: The artist peaked in the 1950s. |
–verb (used with object) | 16. | Nautical. to raise the after end of (a yard, gaff, etc.) to or toward an angle above the horizontal. |
–adjective | 17. | being at the point of maximum frequency, intensity, use, etc.; busiest or most active: Hotel rooms are most expensive during the peak travel seasons. |
| 18. | constituting the highest or maximum level, volume, etc.; optimal; prime: a machine running at peak performance. |
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Community Definition–noun, plural -ties. | 1. | a social group of any size whose members reside in a specific locality, share government, and often have a common cultural and historical heritage. |
| 2. | a locality inhabited by such a group. |
| 3. | a social, religious, occupational, or other group sharing common characteristics or interests and perceived or perceiving itself as distinct in some respect from the larger society within which it exists (usually prec. by the): the business community; the community of scholars. |
| 4. | a group of associated nations sharing common interests or a common heritage: the community of Western Europe. |
| 5. | Ecclesiastical. a group of men or women leading a common life according to a rule. |
| 6. | Ecology. an assemblage of interacting populations occupying a given area. |
| 7. | joint possession, enjoyment, liability, etc.: community of property. |
| 8. | similar character; agreement; identity: community of interests. |
| 9. | the community, the public; society: the needs of the community. |
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College Definition–noun | 1. | an institution of higher learning, esp. one providing a general or liberal arts education rather than technical or professional training. Compare university. |
| 2. | a constituent unit of a university, furnishing courses of instruction in the liberal arts and sciences, usually leading to a bachelor's degree. |
| 3. | an institution for vocational, technical, or professional instruction, as in medicine, pharmacy, agriculture, or music, often a part of a university. |
| 4. | an endowed, self-governing association of scholars incorporated within a university, as at the universities of Oxford and Cambridge in England. |
| 5. | a similar corporation outside a university. |
| 6. | the building or buildings occupied by an institution of higher education. |
| 7. | the administrators, faculty, and students of a college. |
| 8. | (in Britain and Canada) a private secondary school. |
| 9. | an organized association of persons having certain powers and rights, and performing certain duties or engaged in a particular pursuit: The electoral college formally selects the president. |
| 10. | a company; assemblage. |
| 11. | Also called collegium. a body of clergy living together on a foundation for religious service or similar activity. |
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