v. t. [ See Slay. ] To slay. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Sleeked p. pr. & vb. n. Sleeking. ] To make even and smooth; to render smooth, soft, and glossy; to smooth over. [ 1913 Webster ]

Sleeking her soft alluring locks. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

Gentle, my lord, sleek o'er your rugged looks. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. With ease and dexterity. [ Low ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. That which makes smooth; varnish. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A slick. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

a. [ Compar. Sleeker superl. Sleekest. ] [ OE. slik; akin to Icel. slīkr, and OE. sliken to glide, slide, G. schleichen, OHG. slīhhan, D. slik, slijk, mud, slime, and E. slink. Cf. Slick, Slink. ] 1. Having an even, smooth surface; smooth; hence, glossy; as, sleek hair. Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

So sleek her skin, so faultless was her make. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Not rough or harsh. [ 1913 Webster ]

Those rugged names to our like mouths grow sleek. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In a sleek manner; smoothly. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The quality or state of being sleek; smoothness and glossiness of surface. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. 1. Of a sleek, or smooth, and glossy appearance. Thomson. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Fawning and deceitful; sly. [ Scot. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. 1. To be slumbering in; -- followed by a cognate object; as, to sleep a dreamless sleep. Tennyson. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To give sleep to; to furnish with accomodations for sleeping; to lodge. [ R. ] Blackw. Mag. [ 1913 Webster ]

To sleep away, to spend in sleep; as, to sleep away precious time. --
To sleep off, to become free from by sleep; as, to sleep off drunkeness or fatigue. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Slept p. pr. & vb. n. Sleeping. ] [ OE. slepen, AS. sl&unr_;pan; akin to OFries. sl&unr_;pa, OS. slāpan, D. slapen, OHG. slāfan, G. schlafen, Goth. sl&unr_;pan, and G. schlaff slack, loose, and L. labi to glide, slide, labare to totter. Cf. Lapse. ] 1. To take rest by a suspension of the voluntary exercise of the powers of the body and mind, and an apathy of the organs of sense; to slumber. Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

Watching at the head of these that sleep. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Figuratively: (a) To be careless, inattentive, or uncouncerned; not to be vigilant; to live thoughtlessly. [ 1913 Webster ]

We sleep over our happiness. Atterbury. [ 1913 Webster ]

(b) To be dead; to lie in the grave. [ 1913 Webster ]

Them also which sleep in Jesus will God bring with him. 1 Thess. iv. 14. [ 1913 Webster ]

(c) To be, or appear to be, in repose; to be quiet; to be unemployed, unused, or unagitated; to rest; to lie dormant; as, a question sleeps for the present; the law sleeps. [ 1913 Webster ]

How sweet the moonlight sleep upon this bank! Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]