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1. (adj.) sleek
smooth or glossy, as hair.
2. sleek
well-fed or well-groomed.
3. sleek
finely contoured; streamlined:
a sleek sports car.
4. sleek
smooth in manners, speech, etc.; suave.
5. (v.t.) sleek
to make sleek; smooth; slick.
Etymology: (1400–50; late ME sleken, var. of slick2)
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| Definition of 'sleek' |
Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (adj) sleek
well-groomed and neatly tailored; especially too well-groomed
"sleek figures in expensive clothes"
2. (adj) streamlined, aerodynamic, flowing, sleek
designed or arranged to offer the least resistant to fluid flow
"a streamlined convertible"
3. (verb) satiny, sleek, silken, silky, silklike, slick
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"
4. (verb) slick, sleek
make slick or smooth
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1. (adjective) sleek
go sledding
having a smooth attractive outline
a sleek silver phone; the sleek design of the car
2. sleek
(of hair or fur) shiny and smooth
the otter's sleek black head
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| Definition of 'sleek' |
Webster Dictionary |
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1. (adverb) sleek
with ease and dexterity
2. (noun) sleek
that which makes smooth; varnish
3. sleek
having an even, smooth surface; smooth; hence, glossy; as, sleek hair
4. sleek
not rough or harsh
5. (verb) sleek
to make even and smooth; to render smooth, soft, and glossy; to smooth over
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Sense: (of hair, an animal's fur etc) smooth, soft and glossy
The dog has a lovely sleek coat.
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 Afrikaans: glad, blink |
 Arabic: أمْلَس، ناعِم |
 Bulgarian: лъскав |
 Brazilian: macio |
 Czech: hladký; lesklý |
 German: glatt |
 Danish: glat; blank |
 Greek: στιλπνός, λείος |
 Spanish: liso, lustroso |
 Estonian: sile ja läikiv |
 Farsi: نرم وصاف |
 Finnish: sileä |
 French: lisse; luisant |
 Hebrew: חָלָק |
 Hindi: चिकना और मुलायम |
 Croatian: gladak, sjajan |
 Hungarian: fényes, csillogó |
 Indonesian: licin |
 Icelandic: glansandi, mjúkur |
 Italian: liscio; lucente |
 Japanese: なめらかな |
 Korean: 매끄러운 |
 Lithuanian: glotnus |
 Latvian: (par matiem, spalvu) glud |
 Malay: licin berkilat |
 Dutch: glanzend |
 Norwegian: glatt, slikket, glinsende |
 Polish: lśniący |
 Persian: نرم وصاف |
 Pashto: ښوى كول، ځلاندول: ښوى (چا |
 Portuguese: macio |
 Romanian: neted; lucios |
 Russian: лоснящийся, гладкий |
 Slovak: hladký, lesklý, upravený |
 Slovenian: mehek |
 Serbian: sjajan |
 Swedish: slät, blank, glänsande |
 Thai: นุ่มนวลเป็นประกาย |
 Turkish: düzgün ve parlak |
 Taiwanese: 光滑柔軟的 |
 Ukrainian: гладенький, лискучий |
 Urdu: نرم، ملائم، چمکیلا |
 Vietnamese: bóng, mượt |
 Chinese: （毛发）光滑的，柔滑的 |
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