peach

Definition of peach in English English dictionary: A native or resident of the American state of Georgia; The large, edible berry of the Sarcocephalus esculentus, a rubiaceous climbing shrub of west tropical Africa; A light moderate to strong yellowish pink to light orange color
peach colour:.; The soft juicy fruit of the peach tree, having yellow flesh, downy, red-tinted yellow skin, and a deeply sculptured pit or stone containing a single seed; To inform against; A small Chinese tree (Prunus persica), widely cultivated throughout temperate regions, having pink flowers and edible fruit; To inform on someone; turn informer
Do you think we want to peach? No, thank you. We may be none too good, but we won't hang a guy up, no matter who he is. .; Particularly pleasing or agreeable; A particularly admirable or pleasing person or thing; Of the color peach; {v} see impeach, not used; {n} a delicious stone fruit of great variety; a shade of pink tinged with yellow; downy juicy fruit with sweet yellowish or whitish flesh cultivated in temperate regions; a variable color averaging a moderate yellowish pink; The soft juicy fruit of the peach tree, having yellow flesh, downy, red-tinted yellow skin, and a deeply sculptured pit or stone containing a single seed; a very attractive or seductive looking woman; {i} variety of fruit with a large pit and soft pinkish flesh; color peach, yellowish-orange color; something wonderful (Slang); divulge confidential information or secrets; "Be careful--his secretary talks"; A peach is a soft, round, slightly furry fruit with sweet yellow flesh and pinky-orange skin. Peaches grow in warm countries; To accuse of crime; to inform against; downy juicy fruit with sweet yellowish or whitish flesh; To turn informer; to betray one's accomplice; cultivated in temperate regions; a sweet, juicy stone-fruit with a furry skin; In the wild stock the fruit is hard and inedible; {s} peach-colored, having a yellowish-orange color; {f} blab, inform on, tell on (Slang); The name of a princess in the video game series, Super Mario. Her last name is Toadstool. She is constantly kidnapped by Bowser; Something that is peach is pale pinky-orange in colour. a peach silk blouse. To inform against: "He has peached me and all the others, to save his life" (Daniel Defoe). pinkish-orange in colour. Small to medium-sized fruit tree (Prunus persica) of the rose family, grown throughout the warmer temperate regions of both hemispheres, and the fruit it produces. It probably originated in China and spread westward. Peach trees are intolerant of severe cold but require winter chilling to induce spring growth. The long, pointed leaves are glossy green and lance-shaped. Pink or white flowers grow singly or clustered. The fleshy, juicy exterior of the fruit is edible; the hard interior is called the stone or pit. In freestone types, stones separate easily from ripe flesh; in clingstone types, the flesh adheres firmly to the stone. Thousands of varieties have been developed. Peach skin is downy or fuzzy; smooth-skinned peaches are nectarines. Peaches are widely eaten fresh and are baked in desserts. Canned peaches are a staple commodity in many regions. Related plants include almond, plum, and cherry; A well-known high-flavored juicy fruit, containing one or two seeds in a hard almond-like endocarp or stone; also, the tree which bears it (Prunus, or Amygdalus Persica); This fruit is third in importance in the U S (behind apples and second-place oranges) There are two general classifications: Freestone, in which the pit falls freely away from the flesh, and Clingstone, in which it does not; (Prunus Persica) The subacid juicy drupaceous fruit of the various varieties of the genus A peach ordered by Johnson-the Newington peach-was considered a popular tree for making peach brandy Peach brandy became a staple, like cider, in the 18th century There were over 31 varieties of peaches available by 1768 with Newingtons very much in evidence
Peach Melba: Peach Melba: classic French dessert, combing peaches and raspberry sauce accompanied with vanilla ice cream
peach blossom: The flower of a peach tree that will eventually turn into a peach
Peach Melba: half a peach served with ice cream and raspberry juice
peach Melba: type of dessert made from peaches
peach bells: perennial European bellflower with racemose white or blue flowers
peach blight: a disease of trees bearing drupes
peach ice cream: ice cream flavored with fresh peaches
peach jam: jam made out of peaches
peach melba: ice cream and peaches with a liqueur
peach orchard: a grove of peach trees
peach palm: A densely spiny Amazonian palm (Bactris gasipaes) widely cultivated in the New World tropics as an ornamental and a food plant, having an edible heart and a highly nutritious, mealy fruit wall
peach pit: the stone seed of a peach
peach sauce: for Chinese dishes: peach preserves and chutney
Henry Peach Robinson: born July 9, 1830, Ludlow, Shropshire, Eng. died Feb. 21, 1901, Tunbridge Wells British photographer. Tiring of doing portraits, he turned to "high art" photographs, which imitated the anecdotal genre paintings popular at the time, creating them by pasting together parts of several negatives ("combination printing"). His photograph Fading Away (1858), depicting the peaceful death of a young girl surrounded by her grieving family, skillfully combines five different negatives. He used costumed models to shoot bucolic scenes in his studio. His Pictorial Effect in Photography (1869) was for decades the most influential book in English on photographic practice
green peach aphid: yellowish green aphid that is especially destructive to peaches
negro peach: stout spreading or semi-climbing tropical shrub with round brownish-red warty fruit; Africa
peaches: plural of peach
sea peach: A beautiful American ascidian (Cynthia, or Halocynthia, pyriformis) having the size, form, velvety surface, and color of a ripe peach
she is a peach: she is sweet nice and helpful
wild peach: large much-branched shrub grown primarily for its evergreen foliage

peach

Turkish pronunciation

piç

Synonyms

agreeable, fair, orange, paragon, rosy, sing, squeal, tattle

Antonyms

disagreeable, foul, ugly, unpleasant, hide

Pronunciation

/ˈpēʧ/ /ˈpiːʧ/

Etymology

[ 'pEch ] (noun.) 14th century. Middle English peche Old French pesche (French: pêche) Medieval Latin pesca Vulgar Latin pessica persica malum Persicum (Persian apple), from Greek μῆλον Περσικόν (Persian apple). See Perse.