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  • verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of sleek.

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Examples

  • Is you clean the glass in a back and forth motion you will put what is called sleeks

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  • Thus, a hot bird sleeks its feathers and stands tall to expose its legs to the air.

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  • On a hot day, a curve-billed thrasher sleeks its feathers which creates a thinner insulating layer.

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  • At the same time a woman will never miss a chance to count the number of times a man sleeks or bristles up his hair during the conversation.

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  • I like the way Grennan directs our inward eye from one fact to the next, building up his domestic portrait layer upon layer, and the way that the surprises in diction the rain that "sleeks the street," the "cairn of bulky logs," the "striped napkin in its ring"create their own drama and music.

    A Few Facts Bruce Schauble 2007

  • I like the way Grennan directs our inward eye from one fact to the next, building up his domestic portrait layer upon layer, and the way that the surprises in diction the rain that "sleeks the street," the "cairn of bulky logs," the "striped napkin in its ring"create their own drama and music.

    Archive 2007-11-01 Bruce Schauble 2007

  • SMITH: Fernando Valenzuela sleeks in at number 16.

    CNN Transcript Aug 7, 2005 2005

  • Well, then, somebody else shall, for I won't -- I will never be one of the sleeks dogs -- I would never choose to withdraw myself from the labor and common burden of the world; but I do choose to withdraw myself from the rush and scramble for money and position.

    The Complete Works of Brann the Iconoclast, Volume 10 1905

  • I wear my hair short, and think no more of its existence except to wash and brush it; but this Dick parts his in the middle, and sleeks the long locks back, keeping them smooth as a surface of yellowish satin, with bear's grease or lard, or some appalling, perfumed compound.

    Set in Silver 1901

  • Vanity is to a man what the oily secretion is to a bird, with which it sleeks and adjusts the plumage ruffled by whatever causes.

    Dreamthorp A Book of Essays Written in the Country Alexander Smith 1848

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