peach – English noun declension

English noun forms of peach

Noun: peach
Singularpeach
Pluralpeaches

Sample Sentences

  • 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. [1768, M. Combles, A Treatise Upon the Culture of Peach Trees, page 8:]
  • Several attempts have been made to class the varieties of Peaches and Nectarines by the leaf and flower, as well as the fruit. [1840, Thomas Bridgeman, The Young Gardener’s Assistant, page 136:]
  • 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. [1942, Raymond Earl Storie, Soil Survey, the Pixley Area, California, volume 1, page 11:]
  • State universities and U.S. Department of Agriculture facilities have largely replaced the private state and national pomological and horticultural organizations as the primary researchers for peach cultivation. [2014, Melissa Walker, The New Encyclopedia of Southern Culture, volume 11, page 183:]
  • [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 […] [1789, Hester Lynch Piozzi, Observations and Reflections Made in the Course of a Journey Through France, Italy, and Germany, volume II, page 191:]
  • When dissolved, stir it up well, and put in the peaches, without crowding them, and boil them slowly about twenty minutes. [1869, The American Housewife and Kitchen Directory, page 104:]
  • Shall I part my hair behind? Do I dare eat a peach? / I shall wear white flannel trousers, and walk upon the beach. [1915 June, T[homas] S[tearns] Eliot, “The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock”, in Prufrock and Other Observations, London: The Egoist […], published 1917, →OCLC, page 15:]
  • Boiling water or steam loosens the peel of very ripe peaches, especially freestone or melting-flesh types, in 10–30 sec. [2012, Jasper Woodroof, Commercial Fruit Processing, page 103:]
  • 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. [1854, Thomas Love, The Art of Cleaning, Dyeing, Scouring and Finishing, etc, page 242:]
  • If the dye is for a light color such as peach, more dry dye could be used. [1990, Lila Fretz, Hooking Rugs: Storey’s Country Wisdom Bulletin, page 27:]
  • Circle Quilt throw in peach and green [2013, Kim Eichler-Messmer, Modern Color—An Illustrated Guide to Dyeing Fabric for Modern Quilts, page 61:]
  • 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? [1922 September, Lucile Brewer, “Fourteen Peach Delicacies”, in The Delineator, volume 101, page 58:]
  • Walking on the beaches / looking at the peaches [1977, “Peaches”, in Rattus Norvegicus, performed by The Stranglers:]
  • 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. [1996, Paul L. Mariani, Dream Song: The Life of John Berryman, page 30:]
  • Arsenal's dominance was reflected in a flurry of goals before half-time – three in six minutes: first, Podolski turned the screw with a peach of a free-kick; then Gervinho accelerated on to Mikel Arteta's beautifully crafted pass and beat Davis at his near post with conviction; and finally Southampton's defence unspooled completely when Gervinho broke to release Gibbs, whose return ball cannoned off Nathaniel Clyne for Southampton's second own goal of a sobering afternoon. [2012 September 15, Amy Lawrence, “Arsenal's Gervinho enjoys the joy of six against lowly Southampton”, in Alan Rusbridger, editor, The Guardian, London: Guardian News & Media, →ISSN, →OCLC:]
  • Down on the beaches, just look at all the peaches [1977, “Peaches”, performed by the Stranglers:]
  • 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. [2011, Nicole “Snooki” Polizzi, A Shore Thing:]

Etymology

1. Etymology tree
2. Latin persicus
3. Latin persicum
4. Late Latin persica
5. Vulgar Latin *pessica
6. Old French peschebor.
7. Middle English peche
8. English peach
9. From Middle English peche, borrowed from Old French pesche (French pêche), Vulgar Latin *pessica (cf. Medieval Latin pesca) from Late Latin persica, from Classical Latin mālum persicum, from Ancient Greek μᾶλον περσικόν (mâlon persikón, “Persian apple”). Displaced Middle English persogȝe, from Old English persoc, ultimately from the same Latin root above. See: Middle English Nouns 'peche', French Nouns 'pêche', Latin Nouns 'mālum', Middle English Nouns 'persogȝe', Old English Nouns 'persoc'.

Verbs referencing "peach"

Danish Nouns fersken.