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• sleek down — verb give a smooth and glossy appearance slick one s hair • Syn: ↑slick, ↑slick down • Derivationally related forms: ↑slick (for: ↑slick) • Hy …   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 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 — 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 — adj. & v. adj. 1 (of hair, fur, or skin, or an animal or person with such hair etc.) smooth and glossy. 2 looking well fed and comfortable. 3 ingratiating. 4 (of a thing) smooth and polished. v.tr. make sleek, esp. by stroking or pressing down.… …   Useful english dictionary

• sleek — Synonyms and related words: adipose, anal, balmy, blooming, blossoming, blubbery, booming, braw, buff, buffed, burnish, burnished, buttery, butyraceous, chic, chrismal, chrismatory, classy, clear, clothes conscious, cosmopolitan, dapper, dashing …   Moby Thesaurus

• slick down — verb give a smooth and glossy appearance slick one s hair • Syn: ↑slick, ↑sleek down • Derivationally related forms: ↑slick (for: ↑slick) • Hy …   Useful english dictionary

• comb out — verb 1. remove unwanted elements The company weeded out the incompetent people The new law weeds out the old inequities • Syn: ↑weed out • Derivationally related forms: ↑comb out • Hypernyms: ↑ …   Useful english dictionary