slike

English

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -aɪk

Etymology 1

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

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

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

Related terms

• sleech
• sleek
• slick
• slitch
• sludge

Etymology 2

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

Verb

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

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

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

• Kiles, Kisel, Kleis, Likes, Liske, kiles, kisel, likes, silke

Middle English

Etymology 1

From sliken (“smoothen, deceive”).

Noun

slike

1. Alternative form of slyke

Etymology 2

From Old English slīcian.

Verb

slike

1. Alternative form of sliken

Norwegian Bokmål

Determiner

slike

1. plural of slik

Norwegian Nynorsk

Determiner

slike pl

1. plural of slik

Serbo-Croatian

Noun

slike (Cyrillic spelling слике)

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