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sleeken
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sleek
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sleek
2
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slik
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sleek
]
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verb (used with object)
to make sleek; smooth; slick:
to sleek leather.
Also,
sleek·en.
Origin:
1400–50;
late Middle English
sleken,
variant of
slick
2
Related forms
sleek·er,
noun
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a screen or mat covered with a dark material for shielding a camera lens from excess light or glare.
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sleek
1589, variant of M.E. slike (see
slick
). Originally of healthy-looking animal hair; applied to persons 1637, with sense of "plump and smooth-skinned."
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