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slicken

slicken verb: to make slick.

Verb

slicken (third-person singular simple present slickens, present participle slickening, simple past and past participle slickened)

  1. (transitive) To make slick.
    • Sweat dewed her skin, slickening it.2001, Nora Roberts, Hidden Star

Adjective

slicken (comparative more slicken, superlative most slicken)

  1. (UK, dialectal) Sleek; smooth.
    • For quotations using this term, see Citations:slicken.

Forms of slicken

Verb
third-person singular presentslickens
present participleslickening
past participleslickened
pastslickened
Adjective
comparativemore slicken
superlativemost slicken

Origin of slicken

From slick + -en.

Words formed from slicken

Words that rhyme with slicken

Questions about slicken

What does slicken mean?
Slicken means to make slick.
What part of speech is slicken?
Slicken can be a verb or an adjective.
What is the past tense of slicken?
The past tense of slicken is slickened.

Words near slicken in the dictionary

  1. slicked down
  2. slicked up
  3. slicked-back
  4. slickem
  5. slickems
  6. slicken
  7. slickened
  8. slickening
  9. slickens
  10. slickenside
  11. slickensided

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