slike

• Rhymes: -aɪk

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”).

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

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

• sleech
• sleek
• slick
• slitch
• sludge

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

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

1. (transitive) To make sleek or smooth.

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”).

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

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

• Kiles, Kisel, Kleis, Likes, Liske, kiles, kisel, likes, silke

From sliken (“smoothen, deceive”).

slike

1. Alternative form of slyke

From Old English slīcian.

slike

1. Alternative form of sliken

slike

1. plural of slik

slike pl

1. plural of slik

slike (Cyrillic spelling слике)

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