English Explanatory Dictionary

slike

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. To crawl; creep; slide.
verb
  1. To make sleek or smooth.
verb
  1. To rend asunder; cleave.

Word forms

slike slikes sliking sliked

Etymology

From Middle English sliken, from Old English *slīcan (“to crawl, slink”), from Proto-West Germanic *slīkan, from Proto-Germanic *slīkaną (“to creep, crawl”), from Proto-Indo-European *sleyg-, *sleyǵ- (“to glide, smooth, spread”). Cognate with German Low German slieken (“to slink, crawl”), German schleichen (“to creep, crawl, slink, sneak”), Old English slīcian (“to make sleek, slick, smooth, or glossy”).

Related words

sleech sleek slick slitch sludge

Derived words

atslike
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