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sleek

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Word definitions for sleek in dictionaries

WordNet Word definitions in WordNet
adj. having a smooth, gleaming surface; "glossy auburn hair"; "satiny gardenia petals"; "sleek black fur"; "silken eyelashes"; "silky skin"; "a silklike fabric"; "slick seals and otters" [syn: glossy , satiny , silken , silky , silklike , slick ] well-groomed ...

The Collaborative International Dictionary Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Sleek \Sleek\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Sleeked ;p. pr. & vb. n. Sleeking .] To make even and smooth; to render smooth, soft, and glossy; to smooth over. Sleeking her soft alluring locks. --Milton. Gentle, my lord, sleek o'er your rugged looks. --Shak.

Usage examples of sleek.

Sleek in some lines and blunt in others, it resembled the F-42, an experimental Air Force fighter unmatched in stealth, maneuverability, and weapons, with a thrust that well exceeded its weight, and aeroelasticity that allowed its wings to alter according to commands from its onboard mesh.

Lilliputian ropes restraining a sleek, mechanical Gulliver, Ake hit the forward thrusters and the ship shot backwards out of the slot that had held it like a sword being pulled from a scabbard.

He had a tendency to jumble one topic in with another as things occurred to him, and a good deal of it was profane, but Alec managed to sift out enough to set his mind at rest by the time they drew alongside the sleek hull of the Grampus.

In the end Axel wiped his hands on his apron and poured a cup of ale, sending it over with the boy, who peered at Julian hopefully from behind a curtain of sleek brown hair.

More than that, she had no trouble in the love department, sleek breasty lure with that long straight shiny black hair of hers.

He lay watching Buglet as they let the sun warm them, the torn clothing molded to her body, the wet hair black and sleek against her hollowed face.

Akagi, the sleek aircraft carrier flagship of Admiral Nagumo, headed westward through Kudako Strait, cruising easily at 16 knots on her course toward Bungo Channel and the broad Pacific.

Like all the Mon Calamari ships, this one was unique, an artwork, sleek and flowing, and ultimately deadly.

Alone and cloakless, dark-gowned, tall and sleek of figure, in a word, dangerous.

Her sleek brown hair was covered by an ermine shako tied with wide grosgrain ribbons dyed to match the coquelicot velvet of her erminelined driving pelisse.

Sophonax was as sleek and healthy and beautiful as Farder Coram was ravaged and weak.

But his head turned again to Bran, as if by compulsion, back to the pale vulnerable figure standing there holding the sword Eirias, his white hair sleek in the mist and the tawny eyes creased a little against the light.

He eased up off the floor and padded quietly over to the sleek datacom embedded in the wall.

Machines swarmed through the air, ran in sleek low-slung deadliness over the earth.

Arabian to the heftiest drafter, and also camels and their cousins, the sleek racing dromedaries.