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peach ¹  (pch)

n.

1.

a. A small Chinese tree (Prunus persica) widely cultivated throughout temperate regions, having pink flowers and edible fruit.

b. The soft juicy fruit of this tree, having yellow flesh, downy, red-tinted yellow skin, and a deeply sculptured stone containing a single seed.

2. A light moderate to strong yellowish pink to light orange.

3. Informal A particularly admirable or pleasing person or thing.

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[Middle English peche, from Old French, a peach, from Latin persica, peach tree, from Greek persik, from feminine of Persikos, Persian; see perse.]

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peach ²  (pch)

v. peached, peach·ing, peach·es

v.intr.

To inform on someone; turn informer: "Middle-level bureaucrats cravenly peach on their bosses [when] one of them does something the tiniest bit illegal" (National Observer).

v.tr.

To inform against: "He has peached me and all the others, to save his life" (Daniel Defoe).

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[Middle English pechen, from apechen, to accuse (probably from Anglo-Norman *anpecher, from Late Latin impedicre, to entangle; see impeach) and from empechen, to accuse; see impeach.]

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peach¹

n

1. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Plants) a small rosaceous tree, Prunus persica, with pink flowers and rounded edible fruit: cultivated in temperate regions See also nectarine [1]

2. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Plants) 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 [2]

3. (Fine Arts & Visual Arts / Colours)

a.  a pinkish-yellow to orange colour

b.  (as adjective) a peach dress

4. Informal a person or thing that is especially pleasing

[C14 peche, from Old French, from Medieval Latin persica, from Latin Persicum mālum Persian apple]

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peach²

vb

(intr except in obsolete uses) Slang to inform against an accomplice

[variant of earlier apeche, from French, from Late Latin impedicāre to entangle; see impeach]

peacher  n

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	peach - cultivated in temperate regions       peach tree, Prunus persica peach - downy juicy fruit with sweet yellowish or whitish flesh genus Prunus, Prunus - a genus of shrubs and trees of the family Rosaceae that is widely distributed in temperate regions fruit tree - tree bearing edible fruit
	2.	peach - a very attractive or seductive looking woman knockout, lulu, mantrap, stunner, ravisher, smasher, looker, beauty, sweetheart, dish adult female, woman - an adult female person (as opposed to a man); "the woman kept house while the man hunted"
	3.	peach - downy juicy fruit with sweet yellowish or whitish flesh edible fruit - edible reproductive body of a seed plant especially one having sweet flesh peach, peach tree, Prunus persica - cultivated in temperate regions drupe, stone fruit - fleshy indehiscent fruit with a single seed: e.g. almond; peach; plum; cherry; elderberry; olive; jujube
	4.	peach - a shade of pink tinged with yellow   salmon pink, yellowish pink, apricot pink - a light shade of red
Verb	1.	peach - divulge confidential information or secrets; "Be careful--his secretary talks" babble out, blab, blab out, let the cat out of the bag, spill the beans, tattle, babble, talk, sing disclose, let on, divulge, expose, give away, let out, reveal, unwrap, discover, bring out, break - make known to the public information that was previously known only to a few people or that was meant to be kept a secret; "The auction house would not disclose the price at which the van Gogh had sold"; "The actress won't reveal how old she is"; "bring out the truth"; "he broke the news to her"; "unwrap the evidence in the murder case" talk, spill - reveal information; "If you don't oblige me, I'll talk!"; "The former employee spilled all the details"

Translations

peach [piːtʃ]

A. N

1. (= fruit) → melocotón m (Sp), durazno m (LAm); (= tree) → melocotonero m (Sp), duraznero m (LAm)

2. she's a peach → es un bombón or una monada, es una belleza(LAm)
it's a peach of a job → es un trabajo muy cómodo, es un chollo(Sp)

3. (= colour) → color m (de)melocotón or (LAm) durazno

B. ADJ → de color melocotón or (LAm) durazno

C. CPD peach tree N → melocotonero m (Sp), duraznero m (LAm)

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peach [ˈpiːtʃ]

n

(= fruit) → pêche f

(also peach tree) → pêcher m

(= colour) → couleur f pêche

adj [colour] → pêche inv

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peach

n

(= fruit) → Pfirsich m; (= tree) → Pfirsichbaum m; her complexion is like peaches and cream, she has a peaches-and-cream complexion → sie hat eine Haut wie ein Pfirsich, sie hat eine Pfirsichhaut

(inf) she’s a peach → sie ist klasse (inf); it’s a peach → das ist prima or klasse or Spitze (all inf); a peach of a girl/dress/film etc → ein klasse Mädchen/Kleid/Film etc (all inf)

(= colour) → Pfirsichton m

adj → pfirsichfarben

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peach [piːtʃ]

1. n

a. (fruit) → pesca; (tree) → pesco

b. (fam) she's a peach → è un amore

2. adj (blossom) → di pesco; (colour) → (color) pesca inv

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peach

n peach [piːtʃ]

1 a kind of juicy, soft-skinned fruit She doesn't like peaches; (also adjective ) a peach tree. perske دُرّاق، خوخ праскова broskev, broskvový fersken; fersken- der Pfirsich; Pfirsich-... ροδάκινο, ροδακινιά melocotón virsik هلو persikka (de) pêche אֲפַרסֵק आडु, शफतालु breskva (plod) őszibarack buah persik ferskja pesca; di pesco 桃 복숭아 persikas persiks buah pic perzik fersken brzoskwinia pêssego (de) piersică персик broskyňa; broskyňový breskev breskva persika ลูกพีช şeftali 桃子 персик آڑو، شفتالو cây đào 桃子

2 (also adjective) (of) the orange-pink colour of the fruit Would you call that colour peach?; The walls are painted peach. perske لوْن وَردي فاتِح، لَوْن الخوخ прасковен broskvový ferskenfarvet die Pfirsichfarbe; pfirsichfarben ροδακινί color melocotón virsikukarva صورتی persikanvärinen (couleur) pêche צֶבָע אֲפַרסֵק पीच रंग वाला पीलापन लिये गुलाबी रंग boja breskve barackrózsaszín(ű) jingga kemerahan ferskjulitur color pesca 桃色 연분홍색 rausvai oranžinė (spalva), persiko dzeltensārta/persiku krāsa warna kuning kemerah-merahan perzik ferskenfarge(t) brzoskwiniowy cor de pêssego culoarea pier­sicii персиковый (цвет) broskyňový breskova barva boja breskve persikofärgad มีสีพีชหรือสีเหลืองอมชมพู şeftali rengi 桃紅色 персиковий колір آڑو کا رنگ hồng đào 桃红色

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peach → خُوخ broskev fersken Pfirsich ροδάκινο melocotón persikka pêche breskva pesca モモ 복숭아 perzik fersken brzoskwinia pêssego персик persika ลูกพีช şeftali quả đào 桃子