peach
1 Americannoun
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peaches
plural
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the subacid, juicy, drupaceous fruit of a tree, Prunus persica, of the rose family.
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the tree itself, cultivated in temperate climates.
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a light pinkish yellow, as of a peach.
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Informal. a person or thing that is especially attractive, liked, or enjoyed.
adjective
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made or cooked with peaches or a flavor like that of a peach.
peach pie.
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of the color peach.
verb (used without object)
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peaches,
present (3rd person singular)
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peached,
past participle, past
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peaching
present participle
verb (used with object)
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peaches,
present (3rd person singular)
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peached,
past participle, past
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peaching
present participle
noun
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a small rosaceous tree, Prunus persica, with pink flowers and rounded edible fruit: cultivated in temperate regions See also nectarine
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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
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a pinkish-yellow to orange colour
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( as adjective )
a peach dress
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informal a person or thing that is especially pleasing
verb
Other Word Forms
Derived Forms
Inflected Forms
Nouns
Participles
Conjugated Forms
Present
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peachsimple
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peachessimple
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have peachedperfect
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has peachedperfect
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am peachingprogressive
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are peachingprogressive
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is peachingprogressive
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have been peachingperfect progressive
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has been peachingperfect progressive
Past
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peachedsimple
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had peachedperfect
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was peachingprogressive
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were peachingprogressive
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had been peachingperfect progressive
Future
Etymology
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”; see impeach
Explanation
A peach is a very sweet, juicy fruit with an edible peel and a hard pit in the middle. Peaches vary in color from almost white to yellow and pinkish-red. Peaches grow on trees in temperate climates — they need warm weather, but they also require a hard freeze in the winter to produce fruit. Before the fruit grows on the tree, it blooms in beautiful pink blossoms. Ripe peaches drip with sweetness. Informally, you can refer to something or someone this nice as a peach: "Thanks for driving me to school today! You're a peach!"
Example Sentences
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Pophams bakery, which has branches in east London, has had a peach and sweetcorn danish pastry on its menu.
From BBC ● Aug. 29, 2026
For a stronger peach and pepper flavor, let the mixture simmer toward the longer end of the range.
From Salon ● Aug. 16, 2026
There were vendors selling peach cobbler, watches, hot dogs and offering tattoos and face paint.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 17, 2026
These hairs resemble the fine, short, light colored vellus hairs that cover much of the human body, commonly known as peach fuzz.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 14, 2026
“That’s what I said. The lady who used to watch my siblings and me after school made this peach cobbler one day, and after I took that first bite, I couldn’t stay quiet anymore!”
From "Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero" by Kelly J. Baptist
A white-haired man in a Tommy Bahama shirt amiably haggled two dollars off his peaches.
From Salon ● Aug. 4, 2026
Whole fruits included apples, oranges, bananas, mangos, grapes, pears, melons, strawberries and peaches.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 23, 2026
By early June, the blue stalls selling flowers, peaches, tomatoes and strawberries were open again, separated by a thin green mesh from the ruins.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 8, 2026
On those rented 50 acres, Mora grows three varieties of plums, as well as peaches and nectarines.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 3, 2026
There were heaping plates of pancakes served with warm honey, and sliced peaches cooked in butter and sugar, and platters of fluffy scrambled eggs, tender and lemon yellow.
From "The Interrupted Tale" by Maryrose Wood
The scheme fell through when the lady loyally peached.
From Time Magazine Archive
Mrs Skeffington-Smythe, a little, soft kitten of a woman with striped grey eyes and the softest, whitest paws in the world, peached out and gave me the first scratch.
From The Claw by Cynthia Stockley
You see the boy has not peached upon his father, and has convicted himself.
From The Poacher Joseph Rushbrook by Frederick Marryat
And so 'tis my wife has peached, and not I; and this was the sum of our conversation, as the carriage, all too swiftly as I thought, galloped towards Hampstead, and flew back again.
From The Virginians by William Makepeace Thackeray
No, no, John," he said, "I have'nt peached, and shall not; be you sure of that.
From The International Monthly, Volume 3, No. 2, May, 1851 by Various
For many years "peaching" was underworld slang for denouncing someone to the authorities.
From BBC ● Apr. 20, 2016
They went on with the good work of peaching on Kulaks.
From Time Magazine Archive
In Paris fortnight ago the Frenchman who got 20 years for peaching on Nurse Cavell to the Germans, M. George Gaston Quien, was out of jail, having served 17 years.
From Time Magazine Archive
Meanwhile convicted spies Mr. & Mrs. Robert Gordon Switz of East Orange, N. J. were "exempted from punishment" by the French Government in return for their voluble peaching on the other spies.
From Time Magazine Archive
I appreciate pluck and grit as much as anybody, I guess, though I do think you ran it pretty close, peaching on a pal after you'd lifted the jewels.
From The Brass Bowl by Louis Joseph Vance
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