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sleeking

sleeking is the present participle and gerund of sleek.

Meaning of sleek

Verb

sleek (third-person singular simple present sleeks, present participle sleeking, simple past and past participle sleeked)

  1. (transitive) To make smooth or glossy; to polish.
    • The sloping brush sleeks the surface.1895, The New Technical Educator, page 258
  2. (dated, transitive) To calm or soothe.
  3. (dated, intransitive) To glide.

See all 10 meanings of sleek

Noun

sleeking (plural sleekings)

  1. A process of making smooth or glossy.
    • Wherefore are all your sleekings, and your curlings,
      Crispings, and paintings, and your skin made soft,
      And your face smooth with ointments […]1631, Shackerley Marmion, Holland's Leaguer
    • Some inconspicuous fluffings and sleekings of its plumage may serve as visible displays, yet are sufficiently subtle that a human observer detects them only with difficulty […]2009, William John Smith, The Behavior of Communicating: An Ethological Approach, page 66

Forms of sleeking

pluralsleekings

Questions about sleeking

What does sleeking mean?
Sleeking means a process of making smooth or glossy.
What is sleeking the present participle and gerund of?
Sleeking is the present participle and gerund of sleek.
What part of speech is sleeking?
Sleeking is a noun.
What is the plural of sleeking?
The plural of sleeking is sleekings.

Words near sleeking in the dictionary

  1. sleeker
  2. sleekers
  3. sleekest
  4. sleekier
  5. sleekiest
  6. sleeking
  7. sleekings
  8. sleekish
  9. sleekit
  10. sleekly
  11. sleekness

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