English edit

Pronunciation edit

Etymology 1 edit

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).

Verb edit

slike (third-person singular simple present slikes, present participle sliking, simple past and past participle sliked)

  1. (intransitive) To crawl; creep; slide.
Related terms edit

Etymology 2 edit

From Middle English sliken, slikien, from Old English slīcian (to make sleek, slick, smooth, or glossy). See above.

Verb edit

slike (third-person singular simple present slikes, present participle sliking, simple past and past participle sliked)

  1. (transitive) To make sleek or smooth.

Etymology 3 edit

From Middle English *slīken, from Old English slīcan (to strike), from Proto-West Germanic *slīkan, from Proto-Germanic *slīkaną (to hew, hammer, strike), from Proto-Indo-European *sleyg-, *sleyǵ- (to beat). Cognate with Old Frisian slēc (a shock, blow), Middle Low German slîken (to beat), Old English sliċċ, sliċ (beater, hammer, mallet), Latin ligō, ligōnis (hoe, mattock).

Verb edit

slike (third-person singular simple present slikes, present participle sliking, simple past and past participle sliked)

  1. (transitive, UK dialectal) To rend asunder; cleave.

Anagrams edit

Middle English edit

Etymology 1 edit

From sliken (smoothen, deceive).

Noun edit

slike

  1. Alternative form of slyke

Etymology 2 edit

From Old English slīcian.

Verb edit

slike

  1. Alternative form of sliken

Norwegian Bokmål edit

Determiner edit

slike

  1. plural of slik

Norwegian Nynorsk edit

Determiner edit

slike pl

  1. plural of slik

Serbo-Croatian edit

Noun edit

slike (Cyrillic spelling слике)

  1. inflection of slika:
    1. genitive singular
    2. nominative/accusative/vocative plural