Peaked
/piːkt/ adj, verb
adj, verb ·Moderate ·College level
Definitions
Verb
- 1 simple past and past participle of peak form-of, participle, past
Adjective
- 1 Having a peak or peaks.
"The wizard wore a peaked cap."
- 2 Sickly-looking, peaky.
"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."
Adjective
- 1 having or rising to a peak wordnet
- 2 somewhat ill or prone to illness wordnet
Example
More examples"Automobile production has peaked out."
Etymology
Etymology 1
See peak.
Etymology 2
See peak (Etymology 2).