sleek
That which makes smoothThat which makes smooth; varnish.
/sliːk/
» The cat has sleek black fur.
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1 senses(uncountable)That which makes smooth; varnish.
Examples
17 sentencesThe cat has sleek black fur.
She wore a sleek black dress.
She chose a sleek black laptop.
She chose a sleek, black handbag.
The bat's fur is sleek and shiny.
Origin
A late variant of slick; cognate to German schleichen (Old High German slihhan) and DutchA late variant of slick; cognate to German schleichen (Old High German slihhan) and Dutch slijk (“mud, slime”). Compare slink.
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Lessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.