slike

== English == === Pronunciation === Rhymes: -aɪk === Etymology 1 === 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”). ==== Verb ==== slike (third-person singular simple present slikes, present participle sliking, simple past and past participle sliked) (intransitive) To crawl; creep; slide. ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Related terms ===== sleech sleek slick slitch sludge === 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) (transitive) To make sleek or smooth. === Etymology 3 === 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”). ==== Verb ==== slike (third-person singular simple present slikes, present participle sliking, simple past and past participle sliked) (transitive, UK dialectal) To rend asunder; cleave. === Anagrams === Kiles, Kisel, Kleis, Likes, Liske, kiles, kisel, likes, silke == Middle English == === Etymology 1 === From sliken (“smoothen, deceive”). ==== Noun ==== slike alternative form of slyke === Etymology 2 === From Old English slīcian. ==== Verb ==== slike alternative form of sliken == Norwegian Bokmål == === Determiner === slike plural of slik == Norwegian Nynorsk == === Determiner === slike pl plural of slik == Serbo-Croatian == === Noun === slike (Cyrillic spelling слике) inflection of slika: genitive singular nominative/accusative/vocative plural