Sleets vs Sleeks - What's the difference?
sleets | sleeks |
(sleet)
(chiefly, UK, Ireland) A mixture of rain and snow.
Rain which freezes before reaching the ground.
(firearms) Part of a mortar extending from the chamber to the trunnions.
(impersonal, of the weather) To be in a state in which sleet is falling.
(sleek)
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Having an even, smooth surface; smooth; hence, glossy.
* Dryden
Not rough or harsh.
* Milton
That which makes smooth; varnish.
As verbs the difference between sleets and sleeks
is that sleets is third-person singular of sleet while sleeks is third-person singular of sleek.sleets
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Verb
(head)Anagrams
* * ----sleet
English
Noun
(-)Synonyms
* ice pellets * slushSee also
* snow * freezing rain * graupelVerb
(en verb)- I won't bother going out until it's stopped sleeting .
Usage notes
References
*AMS Glossary of Meteorology
Anagrams
*External links
* ----sleeks
English
Verb
(head)sleek
English
Adjective
(er)- sleek hair
- So sleek her skin, so faultless was her make.
- Those rugged names to our like mouths grow sleek .