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ADJECTIVE (2)

1. somewhat ill or prone to illness;
- Example: "my poor ailing grandmother"
- Example: "feeling a bit indisposed today"
- Example: "you look a little peaked"
- Example: "feeling poorly"
- Example: "a sickly child"
- Example: "is unwell and can't come to work"
[syn: ailing, indisposed, peaked(p), poorly(p), sickly, unwell, under the weather, seedy]

2. having or rising to a peak;
- Example: "the peaked ceiling"
- Example: "the island's peaked hills"


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Peaked \Peaked\ (p[=e]kt or p[=e]k"[e^]d), a. 1. Pointed; ending in a point; as, a peaked roof. [1913 Webster] 2. (Oftener p[=e]k"[e^]d) Sickly; not robust. [Colloq.] [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Peak \Peak\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Peaked (p[=e]kt); p. pr. & vb. n. Peaking.] 1. To rise or extend into a peak or point; to form, or appear as, a peak. [1913 Webster] There peaketh up a mighty high mount. --Holand. [1913 Webster] 2. Hence: To achieve a maximum of numerical value, intensity of activity, popularity, or other characteristic, followed by a decline; as, the stock market peaked in January; his performance as a pitcher peaked in 1990; sales of the XTX model peaked at 20,000 per year. [PJC] 3. To acquire sharpness of figure or features; hence, to look thin or sickly. "Dwindle, peak, and pine." --Shak. [1913 Webster] 4. [Cf. Peek.] To pry; to peep slyly. [archaic] --Shak. [1913 Webster] Peak arch (Arch.), a pointed or Gothic arch. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

peaked adj 1: 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" [syn: ailing, indisposed, peaked(p), poorly(p), sickly, unwell, under the weather, seedy] 2: having or rising to a peak; "the peaked ceiling"; "the island's peaked hills"