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peaked
(encz) | peaked,se štítkem adj: Jaroslav Šedivý |
Peaked
(gcide) | Peaked \Peaked\ (p[=e]kt or p[=e]k"[e^]d), a.
1. Pointed; ending in a point; as, a peaked roof.
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2. (Oftener p[=e]k"[e^]d) Sickly; not robust. [Colloq.]
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Peaked
(gcide) | Peak \Peak\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Peaked (p[=e]kt); p. pr. &
vb. n. Peaking.]
1. To rise or extend into a peak or point; to form, or appear
as, a peak.
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There peaketh up a mighty high mount. --Holand.
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2. Hence: To achieve a maximum of numerical value, intensity
of activity, popularity, or other characteristic, followed
by a decline; as, the stock market peaked in January; his
performance as a pitcher peaked in 1990; sales of the XTX
model peaked at 20,000 per year.
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3. To acquire sharpness of figure or features; hence, to look
thin or sickly. "Dwindle, peak, and pine." --Shak.
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4. [Cf. Peek.] To pry; to peep slyly. [archaic] --Shak.
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Peak arch (Arch.), a pointed or Gothic arch.
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peaked
(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, under the weather, seedy]
2: having or rising to a peak; "the peaked ceiling"; "the
island's peaked hills" |
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peaked cap
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Peaked
(gcide) | Peaked \Peaked\ (p[=e]kt or p[=e]k"[e^]d), a.
1. Pointed; ending in a point; as, a peaked roof.
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2. (Oftener p[=e]k"[e^]d) Sickly; not robust. [Colloq.]
[1913 Webster]Peak \Peak\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Peaked (p[=e]kt); p. pr. &
vb. n. Peaking.]
1. To rise or extend into a peak or point; to form, or appear
as, a peak.
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There peaketh up a mighty high mount. --Holand.
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2. Hence: To achieve a maximum of numerical value, intensity
of activity, popularity, or other characteristic, followed
by a decline; as, the stock market peaked in January; his
performance as a pitcher peaked in 1990; sales of the XTX
model peaked at 20,000 per year.
[PJC]
3. To acquire sharpness of figure or features; hence, to look
thin or sickly. "Dwindle, peak, and pine." --Shak.
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4. [Cf. Peek.] To pry; to peep slyly. [archaic] --Shak.
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Peak arch (Arch.), a pointed or Gothic arch.
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peaked cap
(wn) | peaked cap
n 1: a cap with a flat circular top and a visor [syn: kepi,
peaked cap, service cap, yachting cap] |
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