slicken
English
editPronunciation
edit- Rhymes: -ɪkən
Etymology 1
editVerb
editslicken (third-person singular simple present slickens, present participle slickening, simple past and past participle slickened)
- (transitive) To make slick.
- 2001, Nora Roberts, Hidden Star:
- Sweat dewed her skin, slickening it.
Derived terms
editEtymology 2
editAdjective
editslicken (comparative more slicken, superlative most slicken)
Anagrams
editMiddle Dutch
editEtymology
editFrom Old Dutch *slikkon, from Proto-Germanic *slikkōną, from Proto-Indo-European *leyǵʰ- (“to lick”).
Verb
editslicken
- to swallow
Inflection
editThis verb needs an inflection-table template.
Descendants
editFurther reading
edit- Verwijs, E., Verdam, J. (1885–1929) “slicken (II)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN, page II
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