sleek

sleek
    adj 1: well-groomed and neatly tailored; especially too well-
           groomed; "sleek figures in expensive clothes"
    2: designed or arranged to offer the least resistant to fluid
       flow; "a streamlined convertible" [syn: {streamlined},
       {aerodynamic}, {flowing}, {sleek}]
    3: 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" [syn: {satiny}, {sleek}, {silken}, {silky},
       {silklike}, {slick}]
    v 1: make slick or smooth [syn: {slick}, {sleek}]
    

Sleek \Sleek\, adv.
   With ease and dexterity. [Low]
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Sleek \Sleek\, n.
   1. That which makes smooth; varnish. [R.]
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   2. A slick.
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Sleek \Sleek\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Sleeked};p. pr. & vb. n.
   {Sleeking}.]
   To make even and smooth; to render smooth, soft, and glossy;
   to smooth over.
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         Sleeking her soft alluring locks.        --Milton.
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         Gentle, my lord, sleek o'er your rugged looks. --Shak.
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Sleek \Sleek\ (sl[=e]k), a. [Compar. {Sleeker} (sl[=e]k"[~e]r);
   superl. {Sleekest}.] [OE. slik; akin to Icel. sl[imac]kr, and
   OE. sliken to glide, slide, G. schleichen, OHG. sl[imac]hhan,
   D. slik, slijk, mud, slime, and E. slink. Cf. {Slick},
   {Slink}.]
   1. Having an even, smooth surface; smooth; hence, glossy; as,
      sleek hair. --Chaucer.
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            So sleek her skin, so faultless was her make.
                                                  --Dryden.
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   2. Not rough or harsh.
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            Those rugged names to our like mouths grow sleek.
                                                  --Milton.
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140 Moby Thesaurus words for "sleek":
      adipose, anal, balmy, blooming, blossoming, blubbery, booming,
      braw, buff, buffed, burnish, burnished, buttery, butyraceous, chic,
      chrismal, chrismatory, classy, clear, clothes-conscious,
      cosmopolitan, dapper, dashing, dinky, dressed to advantage,
      dressed to kill, elegant, exquisite, exuberant, fair, fat, fatty,
      fawning, finish, finished, flourishing, flowering, fruiting,
      furbish, furbished, genteel, glace, glance, glassy, glaze, glazed,
      gleaming, glistening, gloss, glossy, going strong, graceful,
      greasy, halcyon, hypocritical, in full swing, in good case, jaunty,
      lacquered, lardaceous, lardy, luster, lustrous, mucoid, natty,
      neat, nifty, nobby, oily, oleaginous, oleic, palmy, perfect,
      piping, polish, polished, posh, prospering, recherche, refine,
      rich, ritzy, rosy, round, rub, rubbed, satiny, scour, sebaceous,
      sharp, shellacked, shine, shining, shiny, shipshape, silken, silky,
      slick, slick down, slimy, slippery, smarmy, smart, smooth, smug,
      snazzy, snug, soapy, soigne, soignee, sophisticated, specious,
      spiffy, spruce, streamlined, style-conscious, suave, suety, swank,
      swanky, swell, tallowy, thriving, tidy, tight, tricksy, trig, trim,
      unctuous, unguent, unguentary, unguentous, varnish, varnished,
      velvety, vigorous, wax, well-cared-for, well-dressed,
      well-groomed