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sleeking
[sleek] 
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groom
[groom, groom]
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| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | make ready, prepare physically |
| Synonyms: | brush, clean, coach, comb, curry, dress, drill, educate, lick into shape, make attractive, make presentable, nurture, preen, prep, pretty up, prim, prime, primp, put through grind, put through mill, ready, refine, refresh, rub down, shape up, sleek, slick up, smarten up, spiff up, spruce up, tend, tidy, train, turn out |
| Antonyms: | forget, ignore |
| Main Entry: | polish |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | improve performance, look |
| Synonyms: | amend, better, brush up, correct, cultivate, emend, enhance, finish, furbish, make improvement, mature, mend, perfect, refine, round, sleek, slick, smooth, touch up |
| Antonyms: | deface, ruin, spoil |
| Main Entry: | refine |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | perfect, polish |
| Synonyms: | better, civilize, clarify, cultivate, elevate, explain, hone, improve, make clear, round, sleek, slick, smooth, temper |
| Antonyms: | damage, ruin |
| Main Entry: | round |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | make curved; remove angles |
| Synonyms: | arch, bend, bow, coil, convolute, crook, curl, curve, form, loop, mold, perfect, polish, recurve, refine, shape, sleek, slick, smooth, whorl |
| Main Entry: | shine |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | polish, burnish |
| Synonyms: | brush, buff, buff up, finish, furbish, give a sheen, glance, glaze, gloss, make brilliant, put a finish on, put a gloss on, rub, scour, sleek, wax |
| Antonyms: | dull |
| Main Entry: | smooth |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | make level |
| Synonyms: | burnish, clear, even, flatten, flush, glaze, gloss, grade, iron, lay, level, make uniform, perfect, plane, polish, press, refine, round, sand, sleek, slick, varnish |
| Antonyms: | coarsen, roughen, wrinkle |
| Main Entry: | spruce up |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | make neat, well-groomed |
| Synonyms: | brush, deck out, dress up, fix up, groom, prim, primp, sleek, slick, smarten, tidy, titivate, wash |
| Antonyms: | dirty, mess up |
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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