sleeve

[Sleeve]

The part of your clothing that covers your arm (or part of your arm) is a sleeve. Some t shirts have long sleeves, others have short sleeves, and your tank top doesn't have any sleeves at all.

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See Sleave, untwisted thread.

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

Noun
small case into which an object fits

n.
See Sleave, untwisted thread.

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

n.
A narrow channel of water.

n.
A tubular part made to cover, sustain, or steady another part, or to form a connection between two parts.

n.
A long bushing or thimble, as in the nave of a wheel.

n.
A short piece of pipe used for covering a joint, or forming a joint between the ends of two other pipes.

v. t.
To furnish with sleeves; to put sleeves into; as, to sleeve a coat.

Sleeve

Sleeve , n. See Sleave, untwisted thread.

Sleeve

Sleeve, n. [OE. sleeve, sleve, AS. slfe, slfe; akin to slfan 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.

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, ∨ hang, on the sleeve of, to be, or make, dependent upon.

Sleeve

Sleeve, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Sleeved ; p. pr. & vb. n. Sleeving.] To furnish with sleeves; to put sleeves into; as, to sleeve a coat.

See Sleave, untwisted thread.

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

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

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Usage Examples

I do not come bearing a party label on my sleeve - or a quick fix in my back pocket. I do not come with a rigid ideology in my heart - or a soul that tells me to go it alone. I do not come to uproot tradition - or to be imprisoned by it.

It was an amazing mistake to lose 10p on every copy because your sleeve is so expensive.

Misspelled Form

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Other Usage Examples

To wear your heart on your sleeve isn't a very good plan you should wear it inside, where it functions best.

I always think about which blood drive was going on in Georgia that day when that husband or mom or school teacher rolled up their sleeve and actually gave me a second chance at life. It's the ultimate gift of life, and I'm the one who was on the other end.