"slicken" meaning in English

See slicken in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

Forms: more slicken [comparative], most slicken [superlative]
Rhymes: -ɪkən Head templates: {{en-adj}} slicken (comparative more slicken, superlative most slicken)
  1. (UK, dialect) sleek; smooth Tags: UK, dialectal
    Sense id: en-slicken-en-adj-U-IJaz9b Categories (other): British English, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 58 42 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 76 24 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 64 36
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Verb

Forms: slickens [present, singular, third-person], slickening [participle, present], slickened [participle, past], slickened [past]
Rhymes: -ɪkən Etymology: From slick + -en. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|slick|en|id2=inchoative}} slick + -en Head templates: {{en-verb}} slicken (third-person singular simple present slickens, present participle slickening, simple past and past participle slickened)
  1. (transitive) To make slick. Tags: transitive Derived forms: rain-slickened, water-slickened
    Sense id: en-slicken-en-verb-YQxUtF0O Categories (other): English terms suffixed with -en (inchoative)
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Inflected forms

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