(superl.) Having an even, smooth surface; smooth; hence, glossy; as, sleek hair.
(superl.) Not rough or harsh.
(adv.) With ease and dexterity.
(n.) That which makes smooth; varnish.
(v. t.) To make even and smooth; to render smooth, soft, and glossy; to smooth over.
Example Sentences:
(1) The gates may be open but the road to the church that calls itself a friendship and reconciliation centre is not paved with sleek cars or thronged with believers.
(2) And this as we learn that GCHQ, in all its technological majesty, can scoop up every last word that passes through those sleek cables beneath the Atlantic, everything we say and every last key that our fingers stroke.
(3) The unfairly maligned camel is a model of sleek, practical and elegant design compared with the clumsy creature the coalition has produced.
(4) Already known internationally for its food and its glittering annual film festival, the city will feature choral groups in the open air and an art project, Waves of Energy, bringing to life a surge of ideas suggested by the public, as well as performances and exhibitions inside sleek venues such as Basque music’s new home, Musikene, the San Telmo museum or the cube-shaped Kursaal on the edge of the sea.
(5) Scott delivered a film that glamorised the sleek contours of the military hardware and is powered by rapid-fire editing and a big-hair, big-shoulderpads pop soundtrack, making it one of the quintessential 80s films.
(6) Grilled meats ( txuleta means chop) are where he excels, but at the sleek interior bar you can also order flawlessly presented pintxos of seasonal produce.
(7) The issue with existing batteries is that they suck,” Elon Musk , chief executive of Tesla, said in May at the launch of the Powerwall , a sleek new battery.
(8) In a whir of lycra and straining calf muscles, the sleek, bent bodies flashed past, urged on by the crowds.
(9) These two saunas both boast the sleek, angular lines of Nordic architecture, and are built from ecologically friendly materials.
(10) After a false start in 2006 with a bill that was killed by parliament for being too weak, he launched a sleek new vehicle – “Turning the Corner” – in March 2007, with new emissions targets for each sector of the economy, crucially including oil and gas.
(11) Try, Robot: Darpa contest sends new humanoids into 'nuclear reactor' Read more On Saturday evening, with their sleek humanoid robot DRC-Hubo, a team of roboticists and engineers from the Korean Advanced Institute of Science and Technology in Daejeon, South Korea, won $2m from the R&D arm of the US defense department, Darpa, by outperforming 24 other robots in a simulated nuclear reactor.
(12) Photograph: Joha Gronvall In search of other public saunas in Helsinki I visited Kulttuurisauna , a sleek, modernist eco-sauna designed in 2013 by Tuomas Toivonen and Nene Tsuboi in the heart of the Merihaka district; and then to the other extreme, the tiny, self-service Sompasauna shacks on the banks of the Gulf Of Finland in the so-called Freezone of Sompasaari (a kind of Mad Max hinterland full of junk yards and disused buildings covered in graffiti).
(13) The Model 3 looks like a shorter version of the Model S, with a similar sleek profile, elongated hood and a panoramic glass roof.
(14) Just like iPhones and Kindles before it, the stylish and sleek iPad is becoming increasingly easy to spot in subway cars or on park benches across New York.
(15) Academics respond: Brexit would weaken UK university research and funding Read more “Certainly, few people here thought the outcome would have any major impact on their work,” said Vandevyver, a Belgian, sitting in a conference room on the school’s sleek, modernist campus on the city outskirts.
(16) The negative publicity - at odds with the company's sleek designs and 'Just Do It' slogan - has seen the sales of its trainers plummet.
(17) I’m staying at Hossan Lomakeskus , with accommodation in sleek wooden huts with floor-to-ceiling windows and uninterrupted views of Hossa lake.
(18) They chanted slogans and held up signs as a small, select group of people arrived in sleek sports cars and were ushered inside the relatively modest residence where the billionaire lives with his wife, Priscilla Chan.
(19) While most British Muslims can relate to having to buy a few essentials before Ramadan – dates, new hijabs, a sleek new abaya – for the vast majority of us, who are, to say the least, very unlikely to have a Harrods Rewards card, the idea of going on a vast Ramadan shopping spree is an alien concept.
(20) Take the sleek blue tram to rue Achard and, as you get off, you find yourself facing a squat terrace of abandoned houses.
Varnish
Definition:
(n.) A viscid liquid, consisting of a solution of resinous matter in an oil or a volatile liquid, laid on work with a brush, or otherwise. When applied the varnish soon dries, either by evaporation or chemical action, and the resinous part forms thus a smooth, hard surface, with a beautiful gloss, capable of resisting, to a greater or less degree, the influences of air and moisture.
(n.) That which resembles varnish, either naturally or artificially; a glossy appearance.
(n.) An artificial covering to give a fair appearance to any act or conduct; outside show; gloss.
(n.) To lay varnish on; to cover with a liquid which produces, when dry, a hard, glossy surface; as, to varnish a table; to varnish a painting.
(n.) To cover or conceal with something that gives a fair appearance; to give a fair coloring to by words; to gloss over; to palliate; as, to varnish guilt.
Example Sentences:
(1) Prolonged coating duration from 24 hours to 1 week did not increase uptake and penetration of fluoride from both varnishes.
(2) The varnish seemed to be better with respect to the posology as the total dose of miconazole is minimal and only one application is necessary.
(3) In methods A and B the round biopsy field was bordered by copalite varnish, while method C utilized a scotch tape border.
(4) The unesterified resins are mainly used in paper size and the esters in printing inks, varnishes and adhesives.
(5) A clinical and radiographic examination of all children was performed immediately prior to the first application of varnish and 1 year later.
(6) Three applications of 2.3% Duraphat were slightly more effective than any of the other varnish treatments, but one treatment with 2.3% varnish was not more effective than treatments with 1.1% varnish.
(7) The preliminary treatment with a copal-ether varnish (Copalite) was of insignificant value.
(8) Forty molar and premolar teeth had non-retentive cavities prepared and restored with amalgam using (1) copal varnish (control), (2) a pin, (3) Amalgambond or (4) Panavia-Ex.
(9) Duraphat varnish was topically applied for 6 hours to the air dried surfaces of ten teeth (group 1).
(10) The sealing abilities of three therapeutic varnishes were compared with that of a conventional copal varnish in vitro under Tytin silver amalgam restorations.
(11) British Cycling under the spotlight after Jess Varnish allegations Read more Opening up right now are big opportunities for women’s sport and its sponsors.
(12) After storage in 100% humidity at 37 degrees C for 48 h, the root surfaces were coated with nail varnish (except at the apex) and placed in 2% methylene blue dye solution and centrifuged at 3 x g for 3 min.
(13) The caries preventive effect of topical application of fluoride varnish (Duraphat), ferric-aluminum-fluoride solution (FeAlF) and chlorhexidine gel was compared in 2-yr clinical study.
(14) The varnish also serves as a guide to facilitate removal of excess resin beyond the cavosurface margin.
(15) After the long-term administration of doxilane-diolane, cresacin, antioxidant S-1 and fluorine varnish to mongrel albino rats and mice no difference in the level of spontaneous tumours both in the control and experimental groups of animals was observed.
(16) Fluoride varnishes are clinically effective but have not been shown to be superior to topical solutions or gels.
(17) Since then, the ink, manufactured only by Mysore Paints and Varnish, has been used in every local and national Indian election, as well as in key elections across the world, including in Iraq and Afghanistan.
(18) The stylish, varnished wooden interior and whitewashed walls has a slightly Danish feel, but General Merchant’s brunch-y, all-day menu is inspired by Australian cafe culture, where good coffee and pan-global fusion plates are the norm.
(19) Southern viewers may occasionally require a translator, for moments such as when one girl explains she doesn't want to take off her nail varnish because her hands will look "proper scratty" (scruffy).
(20) When cavity varnish use was compared with no use of cavity varnish, significantly less microleakage was noted with the nonburnished control, single-burnish, and double-burnish techniques utilizing the cavity varnish.