peach

1. (countable) Any tree of species Prunus persica, native to China and now widely cultivated throughout temperate regions, having pink flowers and edible fruit.Examples: "I think it the best way to plant the fifteen sorts, and the hard Peaches I have mentioned, in the same order as they stand in the list."; "Several attempts have been made to class the varieties of Peaches and Nectarines by the leaf and flower, as well as the fruit."; "Scattered plantings of peaches are maintained on the light-textured deep alluvial soils of the Foster, Cajon, Hanford, Hesperia, and Greenfield series west of Porterville, near Woodville, Poplar, Sausalito School, and farther south along the Kern County boundary line north of Delano."Synonyms: peach treecountable

2. (countable, uncountable) Soft juicy stone fruit of the peach tree, having yellow flesh, downy, red-tinted yellow skin, and a deeply sculptured pit or stone containing a single seed.Examples: "[A]nd that the English should eat peaches in May, and green pease in October, sounds to Italian ears as a miracle; they comfort themselves, however, by saying that they must be very insipid, while we know that fruits forced by strong fire are at least many of them higher in flavour than those produced by sun […]"; "When dissolved, stir it up well, and put in the peaches, without crowding them, and boil them slowly about twenty minutes."; "Shall I part my hair behind? Do I dare eat a peach? / I shall wear white flannel trousers, and walk upon the beach."countableuncountable

3. (uncountable) A light yellow-red colour.Examples: "To dye one chip bonnet peach colour, put four ounces of cudbear in one gallon of water, make it boil, and put one ounce of soda in the liquor."; "If the dye is for a light color such as peach, more dry dye could be used."; "Circle Quilt throw in peach and green"uncountable

4. (countable, informal) A particularly admirable or pleasing person or thing.Examples: "How did the common expressions "She's a peach!" and "He has a peach of a job!" arise if not because the peach of all fruits is a symbol of perfection?"; "Walking on the beaches / looking at the peaches"; "Except for the loss of Uncle Jack's income, his mother's growing disenchantment with her domestic arrangements, and the deepening Depression, it was a peach of a time for Berryman."countableinformal

5. (often in plural) Buttock or bottom.Examples: "Down on the beaches, just look at all the peaches"; "Gia danced around a little, shaking her peaches for show. She shook it hard. Too hard. In the middle of a shimmy, her stomach cramped. A fart slipped out. A loud one. And stinky."countableoftenpluraluncountable