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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 :   [ gcide ]

  Peak \Peak\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Peaked; 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.
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     2. To acquire sharpness of figure or features; hence, to look
        thin or sicky. ``Dwindle, peak, and pine.'' --Shak.
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     3. [Cf. Peek.] To pry; to peep slyly. --Shak.
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     Peak arch (Arch.), a pointed or Gothic arch.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 :   [ gcide ]

  Peaking \Peak"ing\, a.
     1. Mean; sneaking. [Vulgar]
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. Pining; sickly; peakish. [Colloq.]
        [1913 Webster]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) :   [ web1913 ]

  Peak \Peak\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Peaked; p. pr. & vb. n.
     Peaking.]
     1. To rise or extend into a peak or point; to form, or appear
        as, a peak.
  
              There peaketh up a mighty high mount. --Holand.
  
     2. To acquire sharpness of figure or features; hence, to look
        thin or sicky. ``Dwindle, peak, and pine.'' --Shak.
  
     3. [Cf. Peek.] To pry; to peep slyly. --Shak.
  
     Peak arch (Arch.), a pointed or Gothic arch.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) :   [ web1913 ]

  Peaking \Peak"ing\, a.
     1. Mean; sneaking. [Vulgar]
  
     2. Pining; sickly; peakish. [Colloq.]

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  peaking
     a.
     peaky; sickly; pining
     n.
     The act of something reaching a peak.
     vb.
     (present participle of en peak nocat=1)

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]

  peaking
     a.
     peaky; sickly; pining
     n.
     The act of something reaching a peak.
     vb.
     (present participle of en peak nocat=1)

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]

  peaking
     a.
     peaky; sickly; pining
     n.
     The act of something reaching a peak.
     vb.
     (present participle of en peak nocat=1)

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]

  peaking
     a.
     peaky; sickly; pining
     n.
     The act of something reaching a peak.
     vb.
     (present participle of en peak nocat=1)

From Finnish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  peaking
     Englanti vb.
     (en-v-taivm p eak ing)

From Swedish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  peaking
     Engelska a.
     (avledning en peak ordform=prespart)
     Engelska vb.
     (böjning en verb peak)

From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ara ]

  Peaking /pˈiːkɪŋ/
  بلوغ الذروة

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  peaking /pˈiːkɪŋ/
  einen Höchststand erreichend
   see: peak, peaked
  

From English-Croatian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.2 :   [ freedict:eng-hrv ]

  peaking /pˈiːkɪŋ/
  vođenje treniranosti prema vrhu sportske forme

From IPA:en_US :   [ IPA:en_US ]

  

/ˈpikɪŋ/

From XDICT the English-Chinese dictionary :   [ xdict ]

     n. 削尖

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