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peach 1
(pēch)n.
1.
a. A small Chinese tree (Prunus persica) in the rose family, widely cultivated throughout temperate regions, having pink flowers and edible fruit.
b. The soft juicy fruit of this tree, having yellow or white flesh, downy reddish-yellow skin, and a deeply ridged stone containing a single seed.
2. A light moderate to strong yellowish pink to light orange.
3. Informal A particularly admirable or pleasing person or thing.
[Middle English peche, from Old French, a peach, from Latin persica, peach tree, from Greek persikē, from feminine of Persikos, Persian; see perse.]
peach 2
(pēch)v. peached, peach·ing, peach·es
v.intr.
To inform on someone; turn informer: "Middle-level bureaucrats cravenly peach on their bosses [when] one of them does something the tiniest bit illegal" (National Observer).
v.tr.
To inform against: "He has peached me and all the others, to save his life" (Daniel Defoe).
[Middle English pechen, from apechen, to accuse (probably from Anglo-Norman *anpecher, from Late Latin impedicāre, to entangle; see impeach) and from empechen, to accuse; see impeach.]
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peach
(piːtʃ)n
1. (Plants) a small rosaceous tree, Prunus persica, with pink flowers and rounded edible fruit: cultivated in temperate regions. See also nectarine1
2. (Plants) the soft juicy fruit of this tree, which has a downy reddish-yellow skin, yellowish-orange sweet flesh, and a single stone. See also nectarine2
3. (Colours)
a. a pinkish-yellow to orange colour
b. (as adjective): a peach dress.
4. informal a person or thing that is especially pleasing
[C14 peche, from Old French, from Medieval Latin persica, from Latin Persicum mālum Persian apple]
peach
(piːtʃ)vb
(intr except in obsolete uses) slang to inform against an accomplice
[C15: variant of earlier apeche, from French, from Late Latin impedicāre to entangle; see impeach]
ˈpeacher n
Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014
peach1
(pēch),
n.
1. the round, pink-to-yellow, fuzzy-skinned fruit of a tree, Prunuspersica, of the rose family.
2. the tree itself, cultivated in temperate climates.
3. a light pinkish yellow color.
4. Informal. a person or thing that is especially attractive, liked, or enjoyed.
[1325–75; Middle English peche < Middle French < Vulgar Latin *pess(i)ca, neuter pl. (taken as feminine singular) of Latin Persicum, mālum Persicum peach, literally, Persian apple]
peach2
(pitʃ)v.i. Slang.
1. to inform against an accomplice or associate.
v.t. 2. to inform against; betray.
[1425–75; late Middle English peche, aph. variant of Middle English apeche < Anglo-French apecher < Late Latin impedicāre to hold up. See impeach]
peach′er, n.
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peach
Past participle: peached
Gerund: peaching
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| Noun | 1. |  peach - cultivated in temperate regions peach - downy juicy fruit with sweet yellowish or whitish flesh genus Prunus, Prunus - a genus of shrubs and trees of the family Rosaceae that is widely distributed in temperate regions fruit tree - tree bearing edible fruit |
| 2. |  peach - a very attractive or seductive looking womanadult female, woman - an adult female person (as opposed to a man); "the woman kept house while the man hunted" | |
| 3. | peach - downy juicy fruit with sweet yellowish or whitish flesh edible fruit - edible reproductive body of a seed plant especially one having sweet flesh drupe, stone fruit - fleshy indehiscent fruit with a single seed: e.g. almond; peach; plum; cherry; elderberry; olive; jujube | |
| 4. |  peach - a shade of pink tinged with yellow pink - a light shade of red | |
| Verb | 1. |  peach - divulge confidential information or secrets; "Be careful--his secretary talks"disclose, let on, divulge, expose, give away, let out, reveal, unwrap, discover, bring out, break - make known to the public information that was previously known only to a few people or that was meant to be kept a secret; "The auction house would not disclose the price at which the van Gogh had sold"; "The actress won't reveal how old she is"; "bring out the truth"; "he broke the news to her"; "unwrap the evidence in the murder case" |
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peach
[piːtʃ]A. N
1. (= fruit) → melocotón m (Sp), durazno m (LAm); (= tree) → melocotonero m (Sp), duraznero m (LAm)
C. CPD peach tree N → melocotonero m (Sp), duraznero m (LAm)
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peach
(piːtʃ) noun1. a kind of juicy, soft-skinned fruit. She doesn't like peaches; (also adjective) a peach tree.melocotón
2. (also adjective) (of) the orange-pink colour of the fruit. Would you call that colour peach?; The walls are painted peach. color melocotón
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peach
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