peaked
/piːkt/
adjective
- 1
Having a peak or peaks.
“The wizard wore a peaked cap.”
adjective
- 1
Sickly-looking, peaky.
verb
- 1
To reach a highest degree or maximum.
“Historians argue about when the Roman Empire began to peak and ultimately decay.”
- 2
To rise or extend into a peak or point; to form, or appear as, a peak.
- 3
To raise the point of (a gaff) closer to perpendicular.
Synonyms
verb
- 1
To become sick or wan.
- 2
To acquire sharpness of figure or features; hence, to look thin or sickly.
- 3
To pry; to peep slyly.
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