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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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
The Aero warms the water and incorporates the matcha, leaving you with a frothy base to serve on its own or mix with milk, lemonade, peach nectar or even espresso.
From Salon ● Jul. 12, 2026
Bottle bio: Another Rías Baixas Albariño, this comes from Galicia, Spain, and has flavors of white peach, citrus peel, chamomile, wet stone and sea spray.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 6, 2026
Sometimes it was a pear or a peach or something like that, but usually it was an apple or a banana, and you had to choose.
From "How It Went Down" by Kekla Magoon
Whole fruits included apples, oranges, bananas, mangos, grapes, pears, melons, strawberries and peaches.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 23, 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
Further down the market's winding alleyway, 55-year-old Fatemeh sits selling peaches.
From BBC ● Jul. 2, 2026
“I have a box of quince, another of stone fruit peaches and plums,” he’ll text.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 2, 2026
He lit his pipe, and the scent of tobacco and dried peaches started to cover the smell of spice and wood from the cabin.
From "Root Magic" by Eden Royce
The scheme fell through when the lady loyally peached.
From Time Magazine Archive
If Hal peached on us, we would go up along with him, so, you see, the money must be raised somehow.
From Jolly Sally Pendleton Or, the Wife Who Was Not a Wife by Libbey, Laura Jean
Seeing that they were discovered, to save his life, Golpin's companion immediately peached, and related the whole of the transaction.
From Monsieur Violet by Marryat, Frederick
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 Stockley, Cynthia
It is said by my enemies, and they are many—and some of them are crackajacks, I admit—that I am a squealer, that I have peached on my pals.
From Frenzied Finance Vol. 1: The Crime of Amalgamated by Lawson, Thomas William
For many years "peaching" was underworld slang for denouncing someone to the authorities.
From BBC ● Apr. 20, 2016
Most Saar police at once went Nazi, strove to keep their jobs by peaching on fellow policemen whom they claimed were non-Nazi.
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
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
Well, I've kept that to myself, because no good was to be got by peaching on him, and a secret's always worth money.
From Recollections of Geoffrey Hamlyn by Kingsley, Henry
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