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peaked |
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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