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Definition of sleek verb from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

sleek

verb
 
/sliːk/
 
/sliːk/
Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they sleek
 
/sliːk/
 
/sliːk/
he / she / it sleeks
 
/sliːks/
 
/sliːks/
past simple sleeked
 
/sliːkt/
 
/sliːkt/
past participle sleeked
 
/sliːkt/
 
/sliːkt/
-ing form sleeking
 
/ˈsliːkɪŋ/
 
/ˈsliːkɪŋ/
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  1. sleek something (back/down) to make something, especially hair, smooth and shiny
    • His glossy hair was sleeked back over his ears.
    Word Originlate Middle English: a later variant of slick (adjective and verb).
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