peak
/piːk/ verb C2- To become sick or wan.
- To acquire sharpness of figure or features; hence, to look thin or sickly.
- To pry; to peep slyly.
He/she/it peaks · Past peaked · Past participle peaked · -ing form peaking
Verb forms
- Base form
- peak
- He/she/it
- peaks
- Past
- peaked
- Past participle
- peaked
- -ing form
- peaking
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The peak of Monte Cristo reddened by the burning sun, was seen against the azure sky.
There was the sharp pinnacle of granite still cutting the lower edge of the moon, but its peak bore no trace of that silent and motionless figure.
The town where she had formerly passed some years of her life, and where they were now to spend a few days, was probably as great an object of her curiosity as all the celebrated beauties of Matlock, Chatsworth, Dovedale, or the Peak.
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