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sleek adjective [ sliːk ]

• (of hair, fur, or skin) smooth and glossy.
• "he was tall, with sleek, dark hair"
Similar: smooth, glossy, shiny, shining, gleaming, lustrous, silken, silky, satiny, velvety, sheeny, well brushed, polished, burnished,
Opposite: dull, rough,

sleek verb

• make (hair) smooth and glossy.
• "her black hair was sleeked down"
Origin: late Middle English: a later variant of slick (adjective and verb).


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