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Sleek
Definitions
- 1 Having an even, smooth surface; smooth
"sleek hair"
- 2 Glossy.
- 3 Not rough or harsh.
"Those rugged names to our like mouths grow sleek."
- 4 Slim and streamlined; not plump, thick, or stocky.
"But if it were like a rabbit that Rosa went, she came back like a weasel or some such sleek and lissom creature."
- 5 Healthy, well-fed and well-groomed; in good condition.
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- 6 Dated form of slick (“convincing but untrustworthy”). alt-of, dated
"'Are these the Carrara marbles?' the lady queried. 'Yes, madam,' responded the sleek salesman."
- 1 having a smooth, gleaming surface reflecting light; being of a smooth, soft and lustrous quality, resembling silk wordnet
- 2 designed or arranged to offer the least resistance to fluid flow wordnet
- 3 well-groomed and neatly tailored; especially too well-groomed wordnet
- 1 With ease and dexterity. colloquial, dated, not-comparable
- 1 That which makes smooth; varnish. uncountable
- 1 To make smooth or glossy; to polish. transitive
"The sloping brush sleeks the surface."
- 2 make slick or smooth wordnet
- 3 To calm or soothe. dated, transitive
- 4 To glide. dated, intransitive
Etymology
A late variant of slick; cognate to German schleichen (Old High German slihhan) and Dutch slijk (“mud, slime”). Compare slink.
A late variant of slick; cognate to German schleichen (Old High German slihhan) and Dutch slijk (“mud, slime”). Compare slink.
A late variant of slick; cognate to German schleichen (Old High German slihhan) and Dutch slijk (“mud, slime”). Compare slink.
A late variant of slick; cognate to German schleichen (Old High German slihhan) and Dutch slijk (“mud, slime”). Compare slink.
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