slicken
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English[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
- Rhymes: -ɪkən
Etymology 1[edit]
Verb[edit]
slicken (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[edit]
Etymology 2[edit]
Adjective[edit]
slicken (comparative more slicken, superlative most slicken)
Anagrams[edit]
Middle Dutch[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Old Dutch *slikkon, from Proto-Germanic *slikkōną, from Proto-Indo-European *leyǵʰ- (“to lick”).
Verb[edit]
slicken
- to swallow
Inflection[edit]
This verb needs an inflection-table template.
Descendants[edit]
Further reading[edit]
- Verwijs, E., Verdam, J. (1885–1929) “slicken (II)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN, page II
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