Sleeve

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. A part of a garment that covers all or part of an arm.
  • n. A case into which an object or device fits: a record sleeve.
  • v. To furnish or fit with sleeves or a sleeve.
  • idiom. up (one's) sleeve Hidden but ready to be used: I still have a few tricks up my sleeve.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • v. to fit a sleeve to
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. See sleave, untwisted thread.
  • n. The part of a garment which covers the arm.
  • n. A narrow channel of water.
  • n.
  • 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.
  • n. A double tube of copper, in section like the figure 8, 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.
  • v. To furnish with sleeves; to put sleeves into.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. That part of a garment which forms a covering for the arm: as, the sleeve of a coat or a gown.
  • n. In mech., a tube into which a rod or another tube is inserted.
  • To furnish with a sleeve or with sleeves; make with sleeves.
  • To put in a sleeve or sleeves.
  • See sleave.
  • n. Specifically:
  • n. A square of cloth or other flexible material through the center of which a catheter is passed and tied. It is then inserted into a canal to be tamponed, and the space between the catheter and its cloth covering is packed with pledgets of cotton, worsted yarn, or other material.
  • In mech., to fasten or adjust in the manner of a sleeve.
  • To attach or operate by a sleeve. See sleeve, n., 2.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. the part of a garment that is attached at the armhole and that provides a cloth covering for the arm
  • n. small case into which an object fits
  • Verb Form
    sleeved    sleeves    sleeving   
    Variant
    sleave   
    Form
    sleeved    sleeving   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Eve    Kleve    Neave    Rajiv    Steve    achieve    aggrieve    aleve    believe    bereave   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    collar    trouser    skirt    shirt    glove    cap    scarf    hood    breech    cloth