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sleeve
[ sleev ]
noun
- the part of a garment that covers the arm, varying in form and length but commonly tubular.
- a protective container, usually thin and flexible with an opening on one side for insertion or removal of an item, as a paper storage envelope for a phonograph record, or a padded case for a tablet or other electronic device: a 24-sleeve CD wallet.
a form-fitting laptop sleeve;
a 24-sleeve CD wallet.
- a pliable tubular or rectangular container for crackers, cookies, and the like that is typically opened at one end to remove individual servings: The largest box has four sleeves of saltines inside.
I ate a whole sleeve of shortbreads before I realized how many calories that is!
The largest box has four sleeves of saltines inside.
- Machinery. a tubular piece, as of metal, fitting over a rod or the like.
- a pattern of tattoos that covers the arm from shoulder to wrist in one integrated piece of tattoo art:
I got my first tattoo when I turned 18, and by 28 I had full sleeves on both arms.
verb (used with object)
- to furnish with sleeves.
- Machinery. to fit with a sleeve; join or fasten by means of a sleeve.
sleeve
/ ²õ±ô¾±Ë±¹ /
noun
- the part of a garment covering the arm
- a tubular piece that is forced or shrunk into a cylindrical bore to reduce the diameter of the bore or to line it with a different material; liner
- a tube fitted externally over two cylindrical parts in order to join them; bush
- a flat cardboard or plastic container to protect a gramophone record US namejacket
- roll up one's sleevesto prepare oneself for work, a fight, etc
- up one's sleevesecretly ready
verb
- tr to provide with a sleeve or sleeves
Derived Forms
- ˈ²õ±ô±ð±ð±¹±ðËŒ±ô¾±°ì±ð, adjective
- ˈ²õ±ô±ð±ð±¹±ð±ô±ð²õ²õ, adjective
Other ˜yÐÄvlog Forms
- ²õ±ô±ð±ð±¹±ð·±ô¾±°ì±ð adjective
- ³Ü²Ô·²õ±ô±ð±ð±¹±ð»å adjective
˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of sleeve1
˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of sleeve1
Idioms and Phrases
- have something up one's sleeve, to have a secret plan, scheme, opinion, or the like:
I could tell by her sly look that she had something up her sleeve.
- laugh up / in one's sleeve, to be secretly amused or contemptuous; laugh inwardly:
to laugh up one's sleeve at someone's affectations.
More idioms and phrases containing sleeve
see card up one's sleeve ; laugh up one's sleeve ; roll up one's sleeves ; wear one's heart on one's sleeve .Example Sentences
And there is another trick up Nintendo’s sleeve - both controllers can be held like this and used as mice, opening up some interesting possibilities.
There are dark stains that look like blood on a sleeve and the front of his striped shirt.
Dark stains that look like blood dot the sleeves and the front of Ballal’s striped shirt.
He recommended wearing long sleeves or, even, a heavy jacket in the kitchen to shield your arms from splashes of bubbling sugar.
At Soho Warehouse, two lovers wear their hearts on their sleeves.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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