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sleek
English
Etymology
A late variant of slick; cognate to German schleichen (Old High German slihhan) and Dutch slijk (“mud, slime”). Compare slink.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /sli?k/
- Rhymes: -i?k
Adjective
sleek (comparative sleeker, superlative sleekest)
- Having an even, smooth surface; smooth
- Synonyms: frictionless, silky; see also Thesaurus:smooth
- glossy
- Synonyms: glacé, sheeny; see also Thesaurus:glossy
- Not rough or harsh.
- Synonyms: civilized, classy, elegant, graceful, refined
- Slim and streamlined; not plump, thick, or stocky.
- Synonyms: lithe, svelte; see also Thesaurus:slender
Derived terms
- sleekly
- sleekness
- sleekstone
Translations
Adverb
sleek (comparative more sleek, superlative most sleek)
- (dated) With ease and dexterity.
Verb
sleek (third-person singular simple present sleeks, present participle sleeking, simple past and past participle sleeked)
- To make smooth or glossy; to polish or cause to be attractive.
Translations
Noun
sleek (uncountable)
- That which makes smooth; varnish.
Translations
Anagrams
- Keels, Klees, Leske, Selke, elkes, keels, leeks, skeel
Scots
Etymology
Variant of slick.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /slik/
Adjective
sleek (comparative sleeker, superlative sleekest)
- sleek
Verb
sleek (third-person singular present sleeks, present participle sleekin, past sleekit, past participle sleekit)
- to sleek
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bland
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /blænd/
- Rhymes: -ænd
Etymology 1
Borrowed from Latin blandus (“pleasant, flattering”).
Adjective
bland (comparative blander, superlative blandest)
- Having a soothing effect; not irritating or stimulating.
- Lacking in taste, flavor, or vigor.
- 2012, John Shepherd, David Horn, Continuum Encyclopedia of Popular Music of the World
- First and foremost, alternative country artists generally claim to reject mainstream country music as musically indistinguishable from bland pop music, as lyrically superficial, and as having no artistic merit […]
- 2012, John Shepherd, David Horn, Continuum Encyclopedia of Popular Music of the World
- (figuratively) Lacking interest; boring; dull.
- (now rare) Mild; soft, gentle, balmy; smooth in manner; suave.
- 1818, John Keats, Sonnet:
- Where didst thou find, young Bard, thy sounding lyre? / Where the bland accent, and the tender tone?
- 1818, John Keats, Sonnet:
Derived terms
- blanden
- blandness
Translations
Etymology 2
From Middle English blanden, blonden, from Old English blandan (“to blend, mix, mingle; trouble, disturb, corrupt”), from Proto-Germanic *blandan? (“to mix, blend”). Cognate with Icelandic blanda, Norwegian, Danish blande, Swedish blanda. See also blend.
Verb
bland (third-person singular simple present blands, present participle blanding, simple past and past participle blanded)
- (transitive, Britain dialectal) To mix; blend; mingle.
- (transitive, Britain dialectal) To connect; associate.
Etymology 3
From Middle English bland, from Old English bland, blond (“blending, mixture, confusion”), from Proto-Germanic *bland? (“a mixing, mixture”), from Proto-Indo-European *b?lend?- (“to grow turbid, dim, see badly, be blind”). Cognate with Icelandic blanda (“a mixture of liquids, especially of hot whey and water”).
Alternative forms
- blaind, blaund (Scotland)
Noun
bland (plural blands)
- (Britain dialectal) Mixture; union.
- A summer beverage prepared from the whey of churned milk, common among the inhabitants of the Shetland Islands.
Derived terms
- in bland
References
- bland in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
Danish
Verb
bland
- imperative of blande
German
Etymology
From Latin blandus.
Pronunciation
Adjective
bland (not comparable)
- (medicine) bland
Declension
Further reading
- “bland” in Duden online
Icelandic
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /plant/
- Rhymes: -ant
Noun
bland n (genitive singular blands, no plural)
- mix
Declension
Derived terms
- bland í poka
Related terms
- blanda
Norwegian Bokmål
Verb
bland
- imperative of blande
Norwegian Nynorsk
Verb
bland
- imperative of blande
Swedish
Etymology
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Pronunciation
Preposition
bland
- among
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