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Definition of sleek verb from the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary

sleek

verb

NAmE//slik//

sleek something (back/down)Verb Forms present simple I / you / we / they sleek

he / she / it sleeks

past simple sleeked

-ing form sleeking

to make something, especially hair, smooth and shiny His glossy hair was sleeked back over his ears.

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