ADJECTIVE | all | sleek | well-groomed and neatly tailored |
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all | sleek, streamlined, aerodynamic, flowing | designed or arranged to offer the least resistant to fluid flow | |
all | sleek, satiny, silken, silky, silklike, slick | having a smooth, gleaming surface reflecting light | |
VERB | contact | sleek, slick | make slick or smooth |
Sounds | sliy'k | |
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Rhymes | antique ... wreak: 54 rhymes with iyk... |
Meaning | well-groomed and neatly tailored; especially too well-groomed. | |
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Example | "sleek figures in expensive clothes" | |
Broader | groomed | Neat and smart in appearance |
Spanish | liso | |
Nouns | sleekness | the quality of being well-groomed and neatly tailored |
Meaning | Designed or arranged to offer the least resistant to fluid flow. | |
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Synonyms | streamlined, aerodynamic, flowing | |
Broader | smooth | Having a surface free from roughness or bumps or ridges or irregularities |
Spanish | aerodinámico |
Meaning | Having a smooth, gleaming surface reflecting light. | |
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Example | "sleek black fur" | |
Synonyms | satiny, silken, silky, silklike, slick | |
Broader | bright | emitting or reflecting light readily or in large amounts |
Spanish | brillante, de seda, liso, lustroso, satinado, sedosa, sedoso, terso | |
Catalan | brillant, lluent, llustrós, satinat, sedós | |
Nouns | sleekness | the smooth feel of silk fabric |
Adverbs | sleekly | in a sleek glossy manner |
Meaning | make slick or smooth. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
Synonym | slick | |
Broader | polish, smooth, smoothen, shine | make (a surface) shine |
Spanish | alisar | |
Catalan | allisar |
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