sleek

English

Etymology

Late variant of slick.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sliːk/
• Rhymes: -iːk

Adjective

sleek (comparative sleeker, superlative sleekest)

1. Having an even, smooth surface; smooth; hence, glossy.

   sleek hair

   • Dryden

     So sleek her skin, so faultless was her make.

2. Not rough or harsh.
   • Milton

     Those rugged names to our like mouths grow sleek.

Translations

smooth

• Armenian: ողորկ (ołork)
• Finnish: sileä (fi), tasainen (fi)
• German: glatt (de)
• Ido: glata (io)

• Italian: elegante (it), lucido (it), liscio (it)
• Maori: maheni, ngerungeru, mohimohi, koutata, tōwahiwahi, tōwāwahi
• Russian: гладкий (ru) (gladkij), глянцевый (ru) (gljancevyj)
• Spanish: liso (es)
• Swedish: slät (sv), glatt (sv)
• Turkish: şık (tr)

not rough or harsh

• German: geschmeidig (de)
• Portuguese: liso (pt)

• Russian: гладкий (ru) (gladkij)
• Spanish: liso (es)

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• Spanish: ^{(please verify)} liso
• French: brillant, élégant
• German: ^{(please verify)} glänzend

Adverb

sleek (comparative more sleek, superlative most sleek)

1. (dated) With ease and dexterity.

Verb

sleek (third-person singular simple present sleeks, present participle sleeking, simple past and 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 (fi)
• Ido: glatigar (io)

• Portuguese: alisar (pt)

Noun

sleek (uncountable)

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

• IPA^(key): /slik/

Adjective

sleek (comparative sleeker, superlative sleekest)

1. sleek

Verb

tae sleek (third-person singular simple present sleeks, present participle sleekin, simple past sleekit, past participle sleekit)

1. to sleek