slike

English

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -aɪk

Etymology 1

From Middle English sliken, from Old English *slīcan (“to crawl, slink”), from Proto-Germanic *slīkaną (“to creep, crawl”), from Proto-Indo-European *sleyg-, *sleyǵ- (“to glide, smooth, spread”). Cognate with Low German slīken (“to slink, crawl”), German schleichen (“to creep, crawl, slink, sneak”), Old English slīcian (“to make sleek, slick, smooth, or glossy”). Related to sleek, slick, slitch, sleech, sludge.

Verb

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

  1. (intransitive) To crawl; creep; slide.

Etymology 2

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

Verb

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

From Middle English *slīken, from Old English slīcan (“to strike”), from Proto-Germanic *slīkaną (“to hew, hammer, strike”), from Proto-Indo-European *sleig-, *sleiǵ- (“to beat”). Cognate with Old Frisian slēc (“a shock, blow”), Middle Low German slīken (“to beat”), Old English slīc (“beater, hammer, mallet”), Latin ligō, ligōnis (“hoe, mattock”).

Verb

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

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

Anagrams

Middle English

Etymology 1

From sliken (“smoothen, decieve”).

Noun

slike

  1. Alternative form of slyke

Etymology 2

From Old English slīcian.

Verb

slike

  1. Alternative form of sliken

Norwegian Bokmål

Determiner

slike

  1. plural form of slik

Norwegian Nynorsk

Determiner

slike pl

  1. plural of slik
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