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peaked

/piːkt/ · adjective

Meaning

  1. Having a peak or peaks.
  2. Sickly-looking, peaky.
  3. To reach a highest degree or maximum.
  4. To rise or extend into a peak or point; to form, or appear as, a peak.
  5. To raise the point of (a gaff) closer to perpendicular.
  6. To become sick or wan.
  7. To acquire sharpness of figure or features; hence, to look thin or sickly.
  8. To pry; to peep slyly.

Etymology / origin

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Sources

  1. DictionaryAPI.dev English dictionary data
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