6 definitions found From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Pea \Pea\ (p[=e]), n. [OF. peis. See {Poise}.] The sliding weight on a steelyard. [Written also {pee}.] [1913 Webster] From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Peak \Peak\ (p[=e]k), n. [OE. pek, AS. peac, perh of Celtic origin; cf. Ir. peac a sharp-pointed thing. Cf. {Pike}.] 1. A point; the sharp end or top of anything that terminates in a point; as, the peak, or front, of a cap. "Run your beard into a peak." --Beau. & Fl. [1913 Webster] 2. The top, or one of the tops, of a hill, mountain, or range, ending in a point; often, the whole hill or mountain, esp. when isolated; as, the Peak of Teneriffe. [1913 Webster] Silent upon a peak in Darien. --Keats. [1913 Webster] 3. (Naut.) (a) The upper aftermost corner of a fore-and-aft sail; -- used in many combinations; as, peak-halyards, peak-brails, etc. (b) The narrow part of a vessel's bow, or the hold within it. (c) The extremity of an anchor fluke; the bill. [In the last sense written also {pea} and {pee}.] [1913 Webster] {Fore peak}. (Naut.) See under {Fore}. [1913 Webster] From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Pee \Pee\, n. See 1st {Pea}. [1913 Webster] From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Pee \Pee\, n. 1. (Naut.) Bill of an anchor. See {Peak}, 3 (c) . [1913 Webster] 2. Urine. [PJC] 3. The act of urinating; -- used in the informal {take a pee}, meaning, to urinate. [PJC] From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: pee \pee\, v. i. To urinate. [informal] [PJC] From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]: pee n 1: liquid excretory product; "there was blood in his urine"; "the child had to make water" [syn: {urine}, {piss}, {piddle}, {weewee}, {water}] 2: informal terms for urination; "he took a pee" [syn: {peeing}, {pissing}, {piss}] v : eliminate urine; "Again, the cat had made on the expensive rug" [syn: {make}, {urinate}, {piddle}, {puddle}, {micturate}, {piss}, {pee-pee}, {make water}, {relieve oneself}, {take a leak}, {spend a penny}, {wee}, {wee-wee}, {pass water}]
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