Sleek

If you hair is sleek, it is smooth and glossy. If your car is sleek, it's shiny and looks like it goes fast. Sleek always means smooth, glossy, and streamlined.

  • Pronunciation: /sliːk/
  • English Description: a vehicle or other object that is sleek has a smooth attractive shape
  • Chinese Translation: 光滑的(Guang1 Hua2 De)
  • Spanish Translation: pulcro
  • STORY: Sleek is a variant of the word, slick. When you slick back your hair with grease, it becomes sleek. Cats are often called sleek with their silky coats and lithe movements. A dress could be described as sleek, if it fits tightly to your body and makes you look polished and perfectly fit. When something is sleek, it's aerodynamic.

EXAMPLE SENTENCE:

  • “The Voice” Season 8 crown was placed reverently on the sleek head of young Sawyer Fredericks, metaphorically speaking, on Tuesday night. Los Angeles Times May 20, 2015

  • It is sleek: Rockwell imagined a tablecloth draped over a table when designing the smooth finish and using automotive-grade paint.

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