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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 appearanceplay

  Familiarity information: SLEEK DOWN used as a verb is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


SLEEK DOWN (verb)


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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