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1 sleek
sleek [sli:k](a) (fur, hair) luisant, lustré, lisse; (feathers) brillant, luisant; (bird) aux plumes luisantes; (cat) au poil soyeux ou brillant(c) (vehicle, plane) aux lignes pures;∎ the car has very sleek lines cette voiture a une très belle ligne;∎ a sleek black limousine une limousine d'un noir brillant∎ to sleek one's hair back or down se lisser les cheveux -
2 sleek
3 ( prosperous-looking) [person] à l'air cossu.■ sleek back:▶ sleek back [sth], sleek [sth] back lisser [qch] en arrière [hair].
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sleek something back — sleek something down/back/etc phrase to make something such as hair smooth and shiny She sleeked back her hair with some styling gel. Thesaurus: hairdressers and hairdressinghyponym Main entry … Useful english dictionary
sleek something down — sleek something down/back/etc phrase to make something such as hair smooth and shiny She sleeked back her hair with some styling gel. Thesaurus: hairdressers and hairdressinghyponym Main entry … Useful english dictionary
sleek — sleek1 [ slik ] adjective sleek fur or hair is smooth and shiny: a young man with sleek dark hair a sleek black cat a. looking or sounding good in a way that is not sincere: a sleek and ambitious young politician a sleek smile b. fashionable and… … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
sleek — I UK [sliːk] / US [slɪk] adjective Word forms sleek : adjective sleek comparative sleeker superlative sleekest 1) sleek fur or hair is smooth and shiny a young man with sleek dark hair a sleek black cat 2) fashionable and attractive in design a… … English dictionary
sleek — 1 adjective 1 sleek hair or fur is straight, shiny, and healthy looking: The cat had sleek black fur. 2 a vehicle or other object that is sleek has a smooth attractive shape: the sleek lines of the new Mercedes 3 someone who is sleek looks rich,… … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
sleek — sleek1 [sli:k] adj [Date: 1500 1600; Origin: SLICK1] 1.) a vehicle or other object that is sleek has a smooth attractive shape ▪ the sleek lines of the new Mercedes 2.) sleek hair or fur is straight, shiny, and healthy looking 3.) someone who is… … Dictionary of contemporary English
sleek — [16] Sleek originated as a variant form of slick [14], which probably went back to an unrecorded Old English *slice. It apparently has relatives in Icelandic slíkja and Norwegian slikja ‘smoothen’. => SLICK … The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins
sleek — [16] Sleek originated as a variant form of slick [14], which probably went back to an unrecorded Old English *slice. It apparently has relatives in Icelandic slíkja and Norwegian slikja ‘smoothen’. Cf.⇒ SLICK … Word origins
fast back — noun chiefly Britain : tight backbone * * * fast|back «FAST BAK, FAHST », noun. U.S. 1. an automobile roofline that slopes down the rear in an unbroken convex curve. 2. an automobile with such a roofline: »Ford s new racer is a sleek fastback… … Useful english dictionary
fast|back — «FAST BAK, FAHST », noun. U.S. 1. an automobile roofline that slopes down the rear in an unbroken convex curve. 2. an automobile with such a roofline: »Ford s new racer is a sleek fastback with a 200 m.p.h. top speed and a 375 h.p. engine (Time) … Useful english dictionary
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