Define:Sleek

English

Etymology

Late variant of

slick

.

Pronunciation

• /sliːk/

  Rhymes: -iːk

Adjective

Sleek (comparative Sleeker, superlative Sleekest)

1. Having an even, smooth surface; smooth; hence, glossy; as, sleek hair.
2. Not rough or harsh.

Translations

smooth

• Armenian: ողորկ (ołork)
• Finnish: sileä, tasainen (fi)

• German: glatt (de)
• Ido: glata (io)
• Italian: elegante (it)
• Turkish: şık

not rough or harsh

• German: geschmeidig
• Portuguese: liso (pt) m, lisa (pt) f, lisos m, pl, lisas (pt) f, pl

• Spanish: liso (es)

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Adverb

Sleek (comparative maist Sleek, superlative maist Sleek)

1. With ease and dexterity.

Verb

Sleek (third-person singular simple present Sleeks, present participle Sleeking, simple past an past participle Sleeked)

1. To make smooth or glossy; to polish or cause to be attractive.

Translations

to make smooth; glossy; or to polish

• Finnish: silottaa, kiillottaa
• Ido: glatigar (io)

• Portuguese: alisar (pt)

Noun

1. That which makes smooth; varnish.

Translations

that which makes smooth; varnish

• Finnish: kiillotusaine

Anagrams

• keels
• leeks

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Scots

Etymology

Variant of

slick

.

Pronunciation

• /slik/

Adjective

Sleek (comparative sleeker, superlative sleekest)

1. sleek

Verb

Sleek

1. to sleek