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sleeve (slēv)

noun

  1. that part of a garment that covers an arm or part of an arm
  2. a tube or tubelike part fitting over or around another part
  3. a thin paper or plastic cover for protecting a phonograph record, usually within a jacket ()
  4. a drogue towed by an airplane for target practice

Etymology: ME sleve < OE sliefe, akin to Du sloof, apron: for IE base see slip

transitive verb sleeved, sleeving sleev′·ing

to provide or fit with a sleeve or sleeves
sleeve Idioms

up one's sleeve

hidden or secret but ready at hand

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sleeve Synonyms

sleeve

n.

sheath, cover, jacket, envelope.

Types of sleeves on clothing include: coat, tight-fitting, flowing, short, long, dolman, cap, elbow, three-quarter, bishop, raglan, leg-of-mutton, gigot, shirt, tailored, two-piece, one-piece, cape, puff, domino, kimono.


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sleeve Usage Examples

Converse of object

  • puff: It has wonderful lined puffed sleeves and a gathered lace edged neckline.

Adjective modifier

  • raglan: Our shirt has been designed with raglan sleeves for comfort and ease of movement on the pitch or off.

Modifies a noun

  • shirt: Long sleeve shirts recommended in the highlands to prevent from sun burn.

Noun used with modifier

  • gatefold: Price - Vinyl Album = £ 8.99 Classic soul album from 1970, lovingly re-issued in gatefold sleeve.
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sleeve quotes

There was always, he thought, this pleasure ahead of him, an ace of joy up his sleeve so he could say you can do anything to me, take everything away, put me in prison, but I will know [her] when we are old.

-Ondaatje, (Philip) Michael

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

-Thatcher, Margaret HildaThatcher, Baroness

You must not wear your heart on your sleeve for daws to pick at. See Shakespeare 758:50.

-Webster, Margaret

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