Peaked
[piːkt] or ['pikt]
Definition
(adj.) having or rising to a peak; 'the peaked ceiling'; 'the island's peaked hills' .
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Definition
(imp. & p. p.) of Peak
(a.) Pointed; ending in a point; as, a peaked roof.
(a.) Sickly; not robust.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
a. Pointed.
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Examples
- A tall, stout official had come down the stone-flagged passage, in a peaked cap and frogged jacket. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
- Another storm enlightened Jura with faint flashes; and another darkened and sometimes disclosed the M?le, a peaked mountain to the east of the lake. Mary Shelley. Frankenstein_Or_The Modern Prometheus.
- It was a terrible face, void, peaked, abstracted almost into meaninglessness by the weight of sensation beneath. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
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