Sekirov Dictionary

sleeve

/sliːv/

noun 9
verb 2
forms 3
phrases 4

noun9

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The part of a garment that covers the arm.
- The sleeves on my coat are too long.
•
A (usually tubular) covering or lining to protect a piece of machinery etc.
- This bearing requires a sleeve so the shaft will fit snugly.
A protective jacket or case, especially for a record, containing art and information about the contents; also the analogous leaflet found in a packaged CD.
(US) A long, cylindrical plastic bag of cookies or crackers, or a similar package of disposable drinking cups.
A tattoo covering the whole arm.
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A serving of beer smaller than a pint, typically measuring between 12 and 16 ounces.
- For example, you may serve a patron a 12 oz sleeve of beer and a 5 oz glass of wine (or alternately 1.5 oz spirits) at the same time. — 2022
•
A narrow channel of water.
- Even from Southhampton ' s shore through Wilts and Somerset The Attrebates in Bark unto the bank of Tames Betwixt the Celtic sleeve and the Sabrinian streams — 1612
A double tube of copper 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.
Sleave; untwisted thread.

verb2

To fit and attach a sleeve to an upper garment (e.g. to a shirt, blouse, sweater, jacket, coat, etc.) or to a folder.
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To hide something up one's sleeve.
- There are certain types of sleeving that are difficult to perform with the shirt sleeves down, and it is difficult and risky to attempt sleeving while wearing a shirt with "French" cuffs. — 2006

forms

sleeved · sleeving · sleeves

Phrases with sleeve

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