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| sleeve [ sleev ] |
noun (plural sleeves) |
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1. covering for arm: either of the two parts of a garment that wholly or partially cover the arms
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2. U.K. recording
Same as jacketn (sense 4)
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3. engineering tubular piece: a tubular piece designed to fit inside or over a cylinder
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transitive verb (past and past participle sleeved, present participle sleev·ing, 3rd person present singular sleeves) |
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fit with sleeve: to provide something with a sleeve
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| [ Old English slēfe< Indo-European, "slide, slip"] |
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  sleeve·less adjective |
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roll up your sleeves to get ready to do something energetically (informal)
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up your sleeve kept hidden or secret but available for use
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