sleeked

verb

past tense of sleek
as in slicked

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  1. slicked
  2. glossed
  3. polished
  4. smoothed
  5. burnished
  6. rubbed
  7. coated
  8. shone
Verb
  • Gomez wore her hair slicked back into a low bun and sported a pair of dangly earrings.
    — Meg Walters, InStyle, 15 Aug. 2026
  • Zendaya wore her hair in a sleek ponytail with select strands slicked to her forehead, and a dramatic smoky eye look.
    — Madison E. Goldberg, PEOPLE, 28 July 2026
Definition of slicked
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  • Scotland glossed up the scoreline with two more tries in the last six minutes by Cummings and Dobie again to send home a crowd of 55,000 happy.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 18 July 2026
  • The same rickety rail-shooter from nearly three decades ago, glossed up with gorgeous environments and uncanny photorealistic animals.
    — James Perkins Mastromarino, NPR, 24 June 2026
Definition of glossed
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  • Featuring a slimming silhouette, this mock-neck sweater is polished enough for the office but can pull double duty as casual wear on the weekends.
    — Emily Weaver, PEOPLE, 16 Aug. 2026
  • But everything around it needed to be sculpted, sanded and polished by hand.
    — John Lauritsen, CBS News, 14 Aug. 2026
Definition of polished
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  • In Philadelphia, Abdalla parked a few blocks from the Liberty Bell, smoothed her hijab, and swapped her sneakers for high heels.
    — Andrew Marantz, New Yorker, 17 Aug. 2026
  • My father had been a projectionist briefly in the ’50s, and that smoothed my path into the union, which was a very closed union.
    — Chris Stanton, Vulture, 3 Aug. 2026
Definition of smoothed
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  • These 800-square-foot homes are equal parts burnished and natural, spacious with an open-plan bedroom, living room, dining room, bathroom with soaking tub, and an oversized deck that is eye-level with the birds.
    — Laura Dannen Redman, Robb Report, 13 Aug. 2026
  • Ruto has burnished his ties with Western leaders.
    — semafor.com, semafor.com, 19 June 2026
Definition of burnished
Verb
  • Tragedy, humor and scientific interest rubbed shoulders as Atlanta turned out Thursday night to view the astral spectacle which sent 261 stars streaking across the heavens.
    — AJ Willingham, AJC.com, 12 Aug. 2026
  • Jimmy rubbed beer foam off his mustache, and Kath thought of the drunken Norwegian boatman who sank Fanny’s ship.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 11 Aug. 2026
Definition of rubbed
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  • The custom mirror has a frame coated in ottchil, Korean lacquer.
    — Hannah Martin, Architectural Digest, 14 Aug. 2026
  • This material can be coated with a proprietary glaze called EverClean, which incorporates silver into the mix.
    — BestReviews, Mercury News, 13 Aug. 2026
Definition of coated
Verb
  • The sun shone on Lova’s second day in Manchester, so spending the morning outdoors was in the cards.
    — Paul Jebara, Condé Nast Traveler, 18 Aug. 2026
  • Though Clemson and Davis took the first two spots in the ranking, plenty of others shined.
    — Veronica Fernandez-Alvarado, Sacbee.com, 15 Aug. 2026
Definition of shone
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