peach

¹

[peech]

noun

1. the subacid, juicy, drupaceous fruit of a tree, Prunus persica, of the rose family.

2. the tree itself, cultivated in temperate climates.

3. a light pinkish yellow, as of a peach.

4. Informal.,  a person or thing that is especially attractive, liked, or enjoyed.

adjective

1. made or cooked with peaches or a flavor like that of a peach.

   peach pie.

2. of the color peach.

peach

²

[peech]

verb (used without object)

1. to inform against an accomplice or associate.

verb (used with object)

1. to inform against; betray.

peach

¹

/ piːtʃ /

noun

1. a small rosaceous tree, Prunus persica, with pink flowers and rounded edible fruit: cultivated in temperate regions See also nectarine

2. the soft juicy fruit of this tree, which has a downy reddish-yellow skin, yellowish-orange sweet flesh, and a single stone See also nectarine

3. 1. a pinkish-yellow to orange colour

   2. ( as adjective )

      a peach dress

4. informal,  a person or thing that is especially pleasing

peach

²

/ piːtʃ /

verb

1. slang,  (intr except in obsolete uses) to inform against an accomplice

Other Word Forms

• peachlike adjective
• peacher noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of peach¹

First recorded in 1325–75; Middle English peche, peoch, from Old French pesche, peske, from unrecorded Vulgar Latin pess(i)ca, neuter plural (taken as feminine singular) of Latin Persicum, mālum Persicum “peach,” literally, “Persian apple,” translation of Greek mêlon persikón “peach (fruit)”

Origin of peach²

First recorded in 1450–1500; late Middle English pechen, shortening of Middle English apechen, from Anglo-French apecher, from Late Latin impedicāre “to hold up, entangle”; impeach

Word History and Origins

Origin of peach¹

C14 peche, from Old French, from Medieval Latin persica, from Latin Persicum mālum Persian apple

Origin of peach²

C15: variant of earlier apeche, from French, from Late Latin impedicāre to entangle; see _impeach

Example Sentences

She uploads daily videos to her YouTube channel, cooking up recipes like shrimp gumbo casserole and peaches and cream muffins for her nearly 600,000 subscribers to feast on.

From Salon

Mixed in the crowd were young applicants with peach fuzz and older men and women, hair streaked with gray.

From Los Angeles Times

The approach of targeting the lists was clear from the party's "peach vote Tory" placards - a nod to the colour of the regional ballot papers - alongside the familiar "stop indyref" in May 2021.

From BBC

Females also shed the peach and black neck feathers that attract mates, becoming entirely gray and white.

From Los Angeles Times

Shasta and the Sierra Nevada, rivers course down to the valley floor, to vast fields of rice, endless orchards of peaches and golden, rolling grassland full of more cows than people.

From Los Angeles Times

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