sleekenv.

/ˈsliːk(ə)n/

Etymology: < sleek adj. and adv. + -en suffix⁵.

transitive. To make smooth and glossy. Also figurative.

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the world > space > shape > flatness or levelness > smoothness > make smooth [verb (transitive)] > make smooth and polished or glossy

slicka1225

polisha1382

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levigate1617

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steel1807

1621 R. Burton Anat. Melancholy ii. iv. i. iv The Eban stone which Goldsmiths use to sleeken their gold with.

1688 R. Holme Acad. Armory ii. 41/2 The Sleek stone, a ball made of glass, which Landresses and Drawers of Cloath use to polish or sleeken their Linnen with.

1824 J. Mactaggart Sc. Gallovidian Encycl. 150 Young gorbs which he did fin'..Whilk sleekened his skin.

c1844 E. B. Browning Portrait xviii All voices that address her, Soften, sleeken every word.

1862 Temple Bar 6 132 Society..sleekens the boy into a machine well-oiled, and superfinishes the girl.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1911; most recently modified version published online June 2020).

单词	sleeken
释义	sleekenv. /ˈsliːk(ə)n/ Etymology: < sleek adj. and adv. + -en suffix⁵. transitive. To make smooth and glossy. Also figurative. ΘΚΠ the world > space > shape > flatness or levelness > smoothness > make smooth [verb (transitive)] > make smooth and polished or glossy slicka1225 polisha1382 sleekc1440 levigate1617 sleeken1621 slicken1621 conglaciate1656 steel1807 1621 R. Burton Anat. Melancholy ii. iv. i. iv The Eban stone which Goldsmiths use to sleeken their gold with. 1688 R. Holme Acad. Armory ii. 41/2 The Sleek stone, a ball made of glass, which Landresses and Drawers of Cloath use to polish or sleeken their Linnen with. 1824 J. Mactaggart Sc. Gallovidian Encycl. 150 Young gorbs which he did fin'..Whilk sleekened his skin. c1844 E. B. Browning Portrait xviii All voices that address her, Soften, sleeken every word. 1862 Temple Bar 6 132 Society..sleekens the boy into a machine well-oiled, and superfinishes the girl. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1911; most recently modified version published online June 2020). < v.1621
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