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SLEEK DOWN
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Dictionary entry overview: What does sleek down mean?
• SLEEK DOWN (verb)
The verb SLEEK DOWN has 1 sense:
1. give a smooth and glossy appearance
Familiarity information: SLEEK DOWN used as a verb is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Give a smooth and glossy appearance
Classified under:
Verbs of grooming, dressing and bodily care
Synonyms:
sleek down; slick; slick down
Context example:
slick one's hair
Hypernyms (to "sleek down" is one way to...):
comb; comb out; disentangle (smoothen and neaten with or as with a comb)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Sentence example:
They sleek down their hair
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