sleek

/sli:k/
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sleek

The cat's sleek black fur shone in the sunlight.

Definition

  1. Adjective:

    • Having a smooth, glossy, and shiny surface: Describes something with a very smooth and reflective appearance, often due to being well-gressed, polished, or healthy.
    • Streamlined; designed for minimal resistance: Describes an object, often a vehicle or animal, with a smooth, efficient shape that allows it to move easily through air or water.
    • Well-groomed, sophisticated, and often suggesting wealth or excessive neatness: Describes a person's polished, elegant, and sometimes overly refined appearance.

  2. Verb:

    • To make smooth, glossy, or sleek: The action of smoothing or polishing something to give it a shiny, sleek appearance.
Usage Examples

  • Adjective:

    • The cat's sleek fur shone in the sunlight.
    • The new sports car has a sleek, aerodynamic design.
    • He had the sleek look of a successful business executive.

  • Verb:

    • She sleeked her hair back with gel before the meeting.
Advanced Usage

  • "Sleek and slender": A common pairing to describe something that is both elegantly smooth and thin.

    • The yacht was sleek and slender, cutting through the waves.

  • "Sleek down": To flatten or smooth something, especially hair.

    • He tried to sleek down his unruly curls.
Variants and Related Words

  • Sleekly (adverb): In a sleek manner.

    • The car was sleekly designed.

  • Sleekness (noun): The quality of being sleek.

    • The sleekness of the animal's coat indicated good health.
Synonyms
  • Adjective: Glossy, shiny, smooth, polished, streamlined, silky, slick.
  • Verb: Smooth, polish, gloss.
Related Phrases
  • Sleek over: To gloss over or make something seem better than it is; to cover up flaws smoothly.
    • The report attempted to sleek over the major problems in the project.
Idioms
  • Sleek as a seal: Used to describe something or someone that is exceptionally smooth, shiny, or streamlined.
    • After his swim, his hair was as sleek as a seal.
sleek

The cat's sleek black fur shone in the sunlight.

Adjective
  1. having a smooth, gleaming surface reflecting light
    • glossy auburn hair
    • satiny gardenia petals
    • sleek black fur
    • silken eyelashes
    • silky skin
    • a silklike fabric
    • slick seals and otters
  2. designed or arranged to offer the least resistant to fluid flow
    • a streamlined convertible
  3. well-groomed and neatly tailored; especially too well-groomed
    • sleek figures in expensive clothes
Verb
  1. make slick or smooth

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