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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
/ ː /
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
US name: jacket.a flat cardboard or plastic container to protect a gramophone record
to prepare oneself for work, a fight, etc
secretly ready
verb
(tr) to provide with a sleeve or sleeves
Other Word Forms
- sleevelike adjective
- unsleeved adjective
- ˈ𱹱ˌ adjective
- ˈ𱹱 adjective
Word History and Origins
Origin of sleeve1
Word 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.
Example Sentences
First, the reigning MVP unwrapped the black compression sleeve he wears when pitching, and pulled it over his right arm.
If form or fitness becomes an issue for the trio then Australia do not have a lot of obvious options up their sleeve.
She drove downtown and rolled up her sleeves.
Norris wears his heart on his sleeve; Piastri is as cool and reserved as they come.
Other Guardsmen wore their sympathies on their sleeves and lapels: pro-striker buttons.
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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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