sleek

American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

1. adj. Smooth and lustrous as if polished; glossy: brushed her hair until it was sleek.
2. adj. Well-groomed and neatly tailored.
3. adj. Healthy or well-fed; thriving.
4. adj. Polished or smooth in manner, especially in an unctuous way; slick.
5. v. To make sleek; slick: sleeked his hair with pomade.
6. v. To gloss over; conceal.

Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

1. Smooth; glossy; soft: as, sleek hair; a sleek skin.
2. Oily; plausible; insinuating; flattering: as, a sleek rogue; a sleek tongue.
3. Dexterous; skilful; neat in execution or action: as, a sleek or slick bowler.
4. n. A smooth, shining place or spot. Specifically— A place on the fur or hair of an animal which has been made sleek by licking or the like.
5. To make smooth and glossy on the surface: as, to sleek or slick the hair.
6. Technically— In currying and leather-dressing, to smooth the surface of (leather) by rubbing with an implement called a slicker.
7. In hat-making, to attach (fur) to felt by hand-work.
8. To smooth; remove roughness from.
9. Figuratively, to calm; soothe.
10. To move in a smooth manner; glide; sweep. Compare slike.
11. In a sleek or slick manner; with ease and dexterity; neatly; skilfully.

Wiktionary

1. adj. Having an even, smooth surface; smooth; hence, glossy; as, sleek hair.
2. adj. Not rough or harsh.
3. adv. With ease and dexterity.
4. v. To make smooth or glossy; to polish or cause to be attractive.
5. n. That which makes smooth; varnish.

GNU Webster's 1913

1. adj. Having an even, smooth surface; smooth; hence, glossy.
2. adj. Not rough or harsh.
3. adv. Low With ease and dexterity.
4. n. rare That which makes smooth; varnish.
5. n. A slick.
6. v. To make even and smooth; to render smooth, soft, and glossy; to smooth over.

WordNet 3.0

1. adj. having a smooth, gleaming surface reflecting light
2. adj. well-groomed and neatly tailored; especially too well-groomed
3. adj. designed or arranged to offer the least resistant to fluid flow
4. v. make slick or smooth