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(verb) give a smooth and glossy appearance, as to one's hair |
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Synonyms: sleek down, slick down |
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Related Words: comb, comb out, disentangle |
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(verb) make slick or smooth |
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Synonyms: sleek |
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Related Words: polish, shine, smooth, smoothen |
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(satellite adjective) made slick by e.g. ice or grease; "sidewalks slick with ice"; "roads are slickest when rain has just started and hasn't had time to wash away the oil" |
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(noun) a trowel used to make a surface slick |
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Related Words: trowel |
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(noun) a magazine printed on good quality paper |
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Synonyms: slick magazine |
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Related Words: mag, magazine |
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(noun) a slippery smoothness; "he could feel the slickness of the tiller" |
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Synonyms: slickness, slip, slipperiness |
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Related Words: smoothness |
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(satellite adjective) having only superficial plausibility; "glib promises"; "a slick commercial" |
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Synonyms: glib, pat |
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(satellite adjective) marked by skill in deception; "cunning men often pass for wise"; "deep political machinations"; "a foxy scheme"; "a slick evasive answer"; "sly as a fox"; "tricky Dick"; "a wily old attorney" |
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Synonyms: crafty, cunning, dodgy, foxy, guileful, knavish, sly, tricksy, tricky, wily |
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(satellite adjective) having a smooth, gleaming surface; "glossy auburn hair"; "satiny gardenia petals"; "sleek black fur"; "silken eyelashes"; "silky skin"; "a silklike fabric"; "slick seals and otters" |
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Synonyms: glossy, satin, satiny, silken, silklike, silky, sleek |
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