SLEEVE

sleeve, arm

(noun) the part of a garment that is attached at the armhole and that provides a cloth covering for the arm

sleeve

(noun) small case into which an object fits

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

Noun

sleeve (plural sleeves)

The part of a garment that covers the arm. [from 10th c.]

A (usually tubular) covering or lining to protect a piece of machinery etc. [from 19th c.]

A protective jacket or case, especially for a record, containing art and information about the contents; also the analogous leaflet found in a packaged CD. [from 20th c.]

A tattoo covering the whole arm.

A narrow channel of water.

sleave; untwisted thread.

(British Columbia) A serving of beer measuring between 14 and 16 ounces.

(US) A long, cylindrical plastic bag of cookies or crackers.

(electrical) A double tube of copper into which the ends of bare wires are pushed so that when the tube is twisted an electrical connection is made. The joint thus made is called a McIntire joint.

Verb

sleeve (third-person singular simple present sleeves, present participle sleeving, simple past and past participle sleeved)

(transitive) To fit a sleeve to

(magic tricks) To hide something up one's sleeve.

Anagrams

• levees, levées

Source: Wiktionary

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Sleeve, n.

Definition: See Sleave, untwisted thread.

Sleeve, n. Etym: [OE. sleeve, sleve, AS. sl, sl; akin to sl to put on, to clothe; cf. OD. sloove the turning up of anything, sloven to turn up one's sleeves, sleve a sleeve, G. schlaube a husk, pod.]

1. The part of a garment which covers the arm; as, the sleeve of a coat or a gown. Chaucer.

2. A narrow channel of water. [R.] The Celtic Sea, called oftentimes the Sleeve. Drayton.

3. (Mach.) (a) A tubular part made to cover, sustain, or steady another part, or to form a connection between two parts. (b) A long bushing or thimble, as in the nave of a wheel. (c) A short piece of pipe used for covering a joint, or forming a joint between the ends of two other pipes. Sleeve button, a detachable button to fasten the wristband or cuff.

– Sleeve links, two bars or buttons linked together, and used to fasten a cuff or wristband.

– To laugh in the sleeve, to laugh privately or unperceived, especially while apparently preserving a grave or serious demeanor toward the person or persons laughed at; that is, perhaps, originally, by hiding the face in the wide sleeves of former times.

– To pin, or hang, on the sleeve of, to be, or make, dependent upon.

Sleeve, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Sleeved; p. pr. & vb. n. Sleeving.]

Definition: To furnish with sleeves; to put sleeves into; as, to sleeve a coat.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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