sleek
To make smooth or glossyTo make smooth or glossy; to polish.
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» The cat has sleek black fur.
Amastan · Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FRMeaning
3 senses(transitive)To make smooth or glossy; to polish.
make slick or smooth
(dated, transitive)To calm or soothe.
(dated, intransitive)To glide.
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.
Translations
1 languagesOrigin
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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Forms
sleeks, sleeking, sleeked, sleekedSynonyms
1 synonyms- make slick or smooth:slick
Lessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle
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.