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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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
"It's not a peach," she recalls one of them saying.
From BBC ● Jul. 6, 2026
Chamoy has been used by a lot of modern day food makers and chefs with American nostalgic candies, like peach rings and gummy worms, and my personal favorite, Gushers.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 17, 2026
Bottle bio: From the North Fork of Long Island, N.Y., it opens with aromas of lime zest, green apple, white peach and sea breeze.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 6, 2026
The branch that the peach was growing upon was beginning to bend over further and further because of the weight.
From "James and the Giant Peach" by Roald Dahl
Prepare the peaches: Peel the peaches, if desired, then remove the pits and roughly chop the fruit.
From Salon ● Aug. 16, 2026
The Tejon Pass isn’t nearly as tall as its grander sister mountain ranges, but no one has to haul a big rig loaded up with peaches over Mt.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 1, 2026
InStyle magazine recommends dramatic, dark red vampy lips, external as a breakaway from summer-friendly pinks and peaches.
From BBC ● Jul. 30, 2026
Whole fruits included apples, oranges, bananas, mangos, grapes, pears, melons, strawberries and peaches.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 23, 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
That Pete Burge peached on us, and brought the sailor Jacks on us; and he wants to get out of it to let us go alone.
From Nic Revel A White Slave's Adventures in Alligator Land by William H. C. Groome
One of them was caught, trying to sell some of the things, and he peached, and they jugged them all.
From The Runaway The Adventures of Rodney Roverton by Unknown
But, unfortunately for him, the interpreter, who was as treacherous a man as any of the breed, although he often confounded me by his innate deceit, also peached at times upon his brother Sumunter.
From What Led to the Discovery of the Source of the Nile by John Hanning Speke
Everyone knew, of course, that the Spy had peached.
From The Enormous Room by E. E. (Edward Estlin) Cummings
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
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 don’t like the thoughts of peaching on a shipmate, but when villains are plotting treachery, as some on board here are doing, we have but one duty to perform.
From Old Jack by William Henry Giles Kingston
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