SLEEK


Meaning of SLEEK in English

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.

Derivatives:

sleekly adv. sleekness n. sleeky adj.

Etymology: later var. of SLICK

Oxford English vocab.      Оксфордский английский словарь.