sleek

[Sleek]

If you hair is sleek, it is smooth and glossy. If your car is sleek, it's shiny and looks like it goes fast. Sleek always means smooth, glossy, and streamlined.

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Having an even, smooth surface; smooth; hence, glossy; as, sleek hair.

Verb
make slick or smooth

Adjective S.
having a smooth, gleaming surface; "glossy auburn hair"; "satiny gardenia petals"; "sleek black fur"; "silken eyelashes"; "silky skin"; "a silklike fabric"; "slick seals and otters"

Adjective S.
well-groomed and neatly tailored; especially too well-groomed; "sleek figures in expensive clothes"


superl.
Having an even, smooth surface; smooth; hence, glossy; as, sleek hair.

superl.
Not rough or harsh.

adv.
With ease and dexterity.

n.
That which makes smooth; varnish.

v. t.
To make even and smooth; to render smooth, soft, and glossy; to smooth over.


Sleek

Sleek , a. [Compar. Sleeker ; superl. Sleekest.] [OE. slik; akin to Icel. sl'c6kr, and OE. sliken to glide, slide, G. schleichen, OHG. sl'c6hhan, D. slik, slijk, mud, slime, and E. slink. Cf. Slick, Slink.] 1. Having an even, smooth surface; smooth; hence, glossy; as, sleek hair. Chaucer.
So sleek her skin, so faultless was her make.
2. Not rough or harsh.
Those rugged names to our like mouths grow sleek.

Sleek

Sleek, adv. With ease and dexterity. [Low]

Sleek

Sleek, n. That which makes smooth; varnish. [R.]

Sleek

Sleek, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Sleeked ;p. pr. & vb. n. Sleeking.] To make even and smooth; to render smooth, soft, and glossy; to smooth over.
Sleeking her soft alluring locks.
Gentle, my lord, sleek o'er your rugged looks.

Having an even, smooth surface; smooth; hence, glossy; as, sleek hair.

With ease and dexterity.

That which makes smooth; varnish.

To make even and smooth; to render smooth, soft, and glossy; to smooth over.

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