sleeve
[ sleev ]
/ sliv /
noun
the part of a garment that covers the arm, varying in form and length but commonly tubular.
an envelope, usually of paper, for protecting a phonograph record.
Machinery.
a tubular piece, as of metal, fitting over a rod or the like.
verb (used with object), sleeved, sleev·ing.
to furnish with sleeves.
Machinery.
to fit with a sleeve; join or fasten by means of a sleeve.
Idioms for sleeve
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.
Origin of sleeve
before 950; Middle English
sleve, Old English
slēfe (Anglian),
slīefe; akin to Dutch
sloof apron
OTHER WORDS FROM sleeve
sleeve·like, adjective un·sleeved, adjectiveWords nearby sleeve
Example sentences from the Web for sleeve
British Dictionary definitions for sleeve
sleeve
/ (sliːv) /
noun
verb
(tr)
to provide with a sleeve or sleeves
Derived forms of sleeve
sleeveless, adjective sleevelike, adjectiveWord Origin for sleeve
Old English
slīf, slēf; related to Dutch
sloof apron
Idioms and Phrases with sleeve
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.