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  3  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Peak  \Peak\,  v.  i.  [imp.  &  p.  p.  {Peaked};  p.  pr  &  vb  n. 
  {Peaking}.] 
  1.  To  rise  or  extend  into  a  peak  or  point;  to  form  or  appear 
  as  a  peak. 
 
  There  peaketh  up  a  mighty  high  mount.  --Holand. 
 
  2.  To  acquire  sharpness  of  figure  or  features;  hence  to  look 
  thin  or  sicky.  ``Dwindle,  peak,  and  pine.''  --Shak. 
 
  3.  [Cf.  {Peek}.]  To  pry;  to  peep  slyly.  --Shak. 
 
  {Peak  arch}  (Arch.),  a  pointed  or  Gothic  arch. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Peaked  \Peaked\,  a. 
  1.  Pointed;  ending  in  a  point;  as  a  peaked  roof. 
 
  2.  (Oftener  ?)  Sickly;  not  robust.  [Colloq.] 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  peaked 
  adj  1:  somewhat  ill  or  prone  to  illness;  "my  poor  ailing 
  grandmother";  "feeling  a  bit  indisposed  today";  "you 
  look  a  little  peaked";  "feeling  poorly";  "a  sickly 
  child";  "is  unwell  and  can't  come  to  work"  [syn:  {ailing}, 
  {indisposed},  {peaked(p)},  {poorly(p)},  {sickly},  {unwell}] 
  2:  having  or  rising  to  a  peak;  "the  peaked  ceiling";  "the 
  island's  peaked  hills" 




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