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646 words match “PEAK”

PEAK n. 9 definitions
A point; the sharp end or top of anything that terminates in a point; as, the peak, or front, of a cap. "Run your beard into a peak." Beau. & Fl.
PEAKED a. 2 definitions
Pointed; ending in a point; as, a peaked roof.
PEAKING a. 2 definitions
Pining; sickly; peakish. [Colloq.]
PEAKISH a. 3 definitions
Of or relating to a peak; or to peaks; belonging to a mountainous region. "Her peakish spring." Drayton. "His peakish dialect." Bp. Hall.
PEAKY a. 2 definitions
Having a peak or peaks. Tennyson.
APEAK adv.
In a vertical line. The anchor in apeak, when the cable has been sufficiently hove in to bring the ship over it, and the ship is them said to be hove apeak. [Spelt also apeek.]
BESPEAK v. 6 definitions
To speak or arrange for beforehand; to order or engage against a future time; as, to bespeak goods, a right, or a favor. Concluding, naturally, that to gratify his avarice was to bespeak his favor. Sir W. Scott.
BESPEAKER n.
One who bespeaks.
CAPPEAK n.
The front piece of a cap; -- now more commonly called visor.
FORESPEAK v. 2 definitions
See Forspeak.
FORESPEAKING n.
A prediction; also, a preface. [Obs.] Camden. Huloet.
FORSPEAK v. 2 definitions
To forbid; to prohibit. Shak.
HOME-SPEAKING n.
Direct, forcible, and effective speaking. Milton.
MISSPEAK v. 2 definitions
To err in speaking.
OUTSPEAK v. 3 definitions
To exceed in speaking.
OVERSPEAK v.
To exceed in speaking; to speak too much; to use too many words.
RESPEAK v. 2 definitions
To speak or utter again.
SPEAK v. 11 definitions
ess thoughts by words; as, the organs may be so obstructed that a man may not be able to speak. Till at the last spake in this manner. Chaucer. Speak, Lord; for thy servant heareth. 1 Sam. iii. 9.
SPEAKABLE a. 2 definitions
Able to speak. Milton.
SPEAKER n. 4 definitions
One who speaks. Specifically:
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