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sleek
(slēk)adj. sleek·er, sleek·est
1.
a. Smooth and lustrous as if polished; glossy: long, sleek hair.
b. In good health and having smooth or glossy hair, fur, or skin: a sleek hound.
2.
a. Able to or designed to move efficiently through air or water; streamlined: a sleek, luxurious sedan.
b. Thin and elegant in design: "A pair of sleek minarets anchored the skyline" (Terence Ward).
3. Polished or smooth in manner, especially in an unctuous way; slick: a sleek government official.
tr.v. sleeked, sleek·ing, sleeks
To make sleek; slick: sleeked his hair with pomade.
[Variant of slick.]
sleek′ly adv.
sleek′ness n.
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sleek
(sliːk)adj
1. smooth and shiny; polished
2. polished in speech or behaviour; unctuous
3. (Zoology) (of an animal or bird) having a shiny healthy coat or feathers
4. (of a person) having a prosperous appearance
vb (tr)
5. to make smooth and glossy, as by grooming, etc
6. (usually foll by over) to cover (up), as by making more agreeable; gloss (over)
[C16: variant of slick]
ˈsleekly adv
ˈsleekness n
ˈsleeky adj
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sleek1
(slik)adj. -er, -est.
1. smooth or glossy, as hair.
2. well-fed or well-groomed.
3. finely contoured; streamlined: a sleek sports car.
4. smooth in manners, speech, etc.; suave.
[1580–90; variant of slick1]
sleek′ly, adv.
sleek′ness, n.
sleek2
(slik)also sleek′en,
v.t.
to make sleek; smooth; slick.
[1400–50; late Middle English sleken, variant of slick2]
sleek′er, n.
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sleek
Past participle: sleeked
Gerund: sleeking
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| Verb | 1. | sleek - make slick or smooth |
| Adj. | 1. | sleek - well-groomed and neatly tailored; especially too well-groomed; "sleek figures in expensive clothes" groomed - neat and smart in appearance; well cared for; "the manager was a beautifully groomed young man"; "his horse was always groomed" |
| 2. | sleek - designed or arranged to offer the least resistant to fluid flow; "a streamlined convertible" smooth - having a surface free from roughness or bumps or ridges or irregularities; "smooth skin"; "a smooth tabletop"; "smooth fabric"; "a smooth road"; "water as smooth as a mirror" | |
| 3. | sleek - having a smooth, gleaming surface reflecting light; "glossy auburn hair"; "satiny gardenia petals"; "sleek black fur"; "silken eyelashes"; "silky skin"; "a silklike fabric"; "slick seals and otters" bright - emitting or reflecting light readily or in large amounts; "the sun was bright and hot"; "a bright sunlit room" |
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sleek
adjective
1. glossy, shiny, lustrous, smooth, silky, velvety, well-groomed sleek black hair
glossy rough, shaggy, dishevelled, sloppy, bedraggled, ratty (Brit. & N.Z. informal), frowzy, badly groomed
glossy rough, shaggy, dishevelled, sloppy, bedraggled, ratty (Brit. & N.Z. informal), frowzy, badly groomed
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sleek
adjective2. Having slender and graceful lines:
3. Affectedly and self-servingly earnest:
phrasal verb
sleek over
To conceal or make light of a fault or offense:
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sleek
[sliːk]A. ADJ (sleeker (compar) (sleekest (superl))) [hair, fur] → lustroso; [person] (of general appearance) → impecable; (in manner) → zalamero, meloso; [boat, car] → de líneas puras; [animal] → gordo y de buen aspecto
B. VT to sleek one's hair down → alisarse el pelo
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
sleek
(sliːk) adjective1. (of hair, an animal's fur etc) smooth, soft and glossy. The dog has a lovely sleek coat.liso, lustroso
ˈsleekly adverbˈsleekness nounKernerman English Multilingual Dictionary © 2006-2013 K Dictionaries Ltd.