See Also: sleek(medicine)
sleek(1)(dictionary)
sleek(2)(dictionary)
sleek 1, adjective(dictionary)
sleek 2, verb(dictionary)

n.p. (iou) and sleek(2) (iou)


n.p. (iou)



n.p. abbreviation.
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sleek(2) (iou)



sleek verb trans. [sli:k] LME.
[Later var. of SLICK verb.]
Make sleek or smooth by rubbing or polishing. LME.
b. Reduce (water etc.) to a smooth unruffled appearance. E16.
a. Make (the skin, hair, etc.) smooth and glossy. E16.
b. Draw (a comb) through hair with a smoothing effect. M20.
fig. Make sleek, polished, or comfortable; free from agitation, disturbance, etc. E17.
Shakespeare Macbeth Sleek o'er your rugged looks.
b. Make (one's appearance or speech) friendly or flattering. Cf. sleeked (a) below. E17.
Milton The perswasive Rhetoric That sleek't his tongue.
sleeked, (Scot.)
sleekit adjective (a) Scot. flattering, plausible; sly, cunning; (b) having a glossy skin, surface, etc.: LME.
sleeker noun a person who sleeks anything; an implement used for sleeking leather, cloth, etc.: E17.