slike

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English

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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From Middle English sliken, from Old English *slīcan (to crawl, slink), from Proto-West Germanic *slīkan, from Proto-Germanic *slīkaną (to creep, crawl), from Proto-Indo-European *sleyg-, *sleyǵ- (to glide, smooth, spread). Cognate with German Low German slieken (to slink, crawl), German schleichen (to creep, crawl, slink, sneak), Old English slīcian (to make sleek, slick, smooth, or glossy).

Verb

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slike (third-person singular simple present slikes, present participle sliking, simple past and past participle sliked)

  1. (intransitive) To crawl; creep; slide.
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Etymology 2

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From Middle English sliken, slikien, from Old English slīcian (to make sleek, slick, smooth, or glossy). See above.

Verb

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slike (third-person singular simple present slikes, present participle sliking, simple past and past participle sliked)

  1. (transitive) To make sleek or smooth.

Etymology 3

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From Middle English *slīken, from Old English slīcan (to strike), from Proto-West Germanic *slīkan, from Proto-Germanic *slīkaną (to hew, hammer, strike), from Proto-Indo-European *sleyg-, *sleyǵ- (to beat). Cognate with Old Frisian slēc (a shock, blow), Middle Low German slîken (to beat), Old English sliċċ, sliċ (beater, hammer, mallet), Latin ligō, ligōnis (hoe, mattock).

Verb

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slike (third-person singular simple present slikes, present participle sliking, simple past and past participle sliked)

  1. (transitive, UK dialectal) To rend asunder; cleave.

Anagrams

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Middle English

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Etymology 1

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From sliken (smoothen, deceive).

Noun

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slike

  1. Alternative form of slyke

Etymology 2

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From Old English slīcian.

Verb

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slike

  1. Alternative form of sliken

Norwegian Bokmål

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Determiner

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slike

  1. plural of slik

Norwegian Nynorsk

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Determiner

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slike pl

  1. plural of slik

Serbo-Croatian

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Noun

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slike (Cyrillic spelling слике)

  1. inflection of slika:
    1. genitive singular
    2. nominative/accusative/vocative plural