adj
Meaning 1
Having a peak or peaks.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- The wizard wore a peaked cap.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
peaked
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pēkt
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/piːkt/
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/ˈpiːkɪd/
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rhymes with -iːkt
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rhymes with -iːkɪd
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homophone: piqued
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homophone: peeked
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CMU ARPABET: P IY1 K T Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
adj
Meaning 2
Sickly-looking, peaky.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- 2000, Toshio Mori and Lawson Fusao Inada, Unfinished Message: Selected Works of Toshio Mori, p. 149, She looked peaked and tired ever since he had volunteered for the army.
- 2001, Fred C. Feddeck, Hale Men of Fordham: Hail!, p. 17, While Nixon looked peaked throughout the debate, Kennedy looked like a poised diplomat oozing confidence.
- 2004, Don Ecker, Past Sins, p. 276, Peck looked peaked to Williams. He was pale and appeared to be breathing in shallow gasps.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 3
simple past and past participle of peak
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: form-of, participle, past
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
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Antonyms: none provided
adjective satellite
Meaning 4
having or rising to a peak
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- the peaked ceiling
- the island's peaked hills
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
See peak.
See peak (Etymology 2).
Across languages
Translations
1 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Russian: измождённый (izmoždjónnyj) — sickly-looking, peaky
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