Brazil is the largest coffee producer in the world. Each year Brazil exports more than 44 million bags of coffee. Vietnam follows at exporting over 27 million bags each year.
PEAKED
peaked
(adjective) having or rising to a peak; “the peaked ceiling”; “the island’s peaked hills”
ailing, indisposed, peaked, poorly, sickly, unwell, under the weather, seedy
(adjective) 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”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology 1
Adjective
peaked (comparative more peaked, superlative most peaked)
Having a peak or peaks.
Etymology 2
Adjective
peaked (comparative more peaked, superlative most peaked)
Sickly-looking, peaky.
Etymology 3
Verb
peaked
simple past tense and past participle of peak
Anagrams
• Deepak
Source: Wiktionary
Peaked, a.
1. Pointed; ending in a point; as, a peaked roof.
2. (Oftener
Definition: Sickly; not robust. [Colloq.]
PEAK
Peak, n. Etym: [OE. pek, AS. peac, perh of Celtic origin; cf. Ir. peac a sharp-pointed thing. Cf. Pike.]
1. 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.
2. The top, or one of the tops, of a hill, mountain, or range, ending in a point; often, the whole hill or mountain, esp. when isolated; as, the Peak of Teneriffe. Silent upon a peak in Darien. Keats.
3. (Naut.) (a) The upper aftermost corner of a fore-and-aft sail; -- used in many combinations; as, peak-halyards, peak-brails, etc. (b) The narrow part of a vessel's bow, or the hold within it. (c) The extremity of an anchor fluke; the bill. [In the last sense written also pea and pee.] Fore peak. (Naut.) See under Fore.
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. Etym: [Cf. Peek.]
Definition: To pry; to peep slyly. Shak. Peak arch (Arch.), a pointed or Gothic arch.
Peak, v. t. (Naut.)
Definition: To raise to a position perpendicular, or more nearly so; as, to peak oars, to hold them upright; to peak a gaff or yard, to set it nearer the perpendicular.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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