peaked : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: peaked	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for peaked
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
peaked adj 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" Synonym(s): ailing, indisposed, peaked(p), poorly(p), sickly, unwell, under the weather, seedy having or rising to a peak; "the peaked ceiling"; "the island's peaked hills"
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 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. [bd]Dwindle, peak, and pine.[b8] --Shak. 3. [Cf. {Peek}.] To pry; to peep slyly. --Shak. {Peak arch} (Arch.), a pointed or Gothic arch.