noun

peach

PEECH

noun

A soft, juicy fruit with fuzzy yellow-red skin and a large single stone, grown on the Prunus persica tree.

"She bit into a ripe peach, and juice ran down her chin."

A pale yellowish-pink color resembling the fruit's skin.

"The bridesmaids wore dresses in a soft peach shade."

Informal: a particularly pleasing or likeable person or thing.

"That new intern is a peach — always willing to help."

verb

British slang: to inform on someone, especially to the police.

"He threatened to peach on his old partner in crime."

How to Use Peach

Learner’s notes

In plain EnglishThe fruit, the soft pink-orange color, or (informally) a delightful person; as a verb in British slang, to snitch.

When to use it

The "inform on someone" verb sense is dated British slang, rarely used today.

Common pairings

ripe peach peach fuzz peach-colored

Word Forms

more peach comparative, peached past tense, peaches plural, Peaches plural, peaches singular, most peach superlative

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Etymology

The peach traveled west along the Silk Road from Persia, and its name reflects that journey — it comes ultimately from a Latin phrase meaning "Persian apple", via Old French pesche.

Rhymes for peach

each teach beach leach reach bleach breach preach impeach outreach

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