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peaked

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peaked 1  (pkt, pkd)
adj.
Ending in a peak; pointed: a peaked cap.
peaked
Adjective
having a peak
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Adj.1.peakedpeaked - 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"
ailing, indisposed, poorly, under the weather, unwell, sickly, seedy
ill, sick - affected by an impairment of normal physical or mental function; "ill from the monotony of his suffering"
2.peaked - having or rising to a peak; "the peaked ceiling"; "the island's peaked hills"
pointed - having a point


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In all the devious tracings the course of a sailing-ship leaves upon the white paper of a chart she is always aiming for that one little spot - maybe a small island in the ocean, a single headland upon the long coast of a continent, a lighthouse on a bluff, or simply the peaked form of a mountain like an ant-heap afloat upon the waters.
The Mirror of the Sea by Conrad, Joseph View in context
His soul palpitating with love of art, he painted the models who hung about the stairway of Bernini in the Piazza de Spagna, undaunted by their obvious picturesqueness; and his studio was full of canvases on which were portrayed moustachioed, large-eyed peasants in peaked hats, urchins in becoming rags, and women in bright petticoats.
Moon and Sixpence by Maugham, W. Somerset View in context
Standing at the mast-head of my ship during a sunrise that crimsoned sky and sea, I once saw a large herd of whales in the east, all heading towards the sun, and for a moment vibrating in concert with peaked flukes.
Moby Dick LXVIII-CXXXIV by Melville, Herman View in context
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