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sleeve
[ sleev ]
/ sliv /
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noun
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.
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Idioms about 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
First recorded before 950; Middle English sleve, slieve,Old English slÄfe (Anglian), slÄ«efe; akin to Dutch sloof âapronâ
OTHER WORDS FROM sleeve
sleeve·like, adjectiveun·sleeved, adjectiveWords nearby sleeve
sleepy, sleepyhead, Sleepy Hollow chair, sleet, sleety, sleeve, sleeveboard, sleeve coupling, sleeve dog, sleeveen, sleeveless
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How to use sleeve in a sentence
British Dictionary definitions for sleeve
sleeve
/ (sliËv) /
noun
verb
(tr) to provide with a sleeve or sleeves
Derived forms of sleeve
sleeveless, adjectivesleevelike, adjectiveWord Origin for sleeve
Old English slÄ«f, slÄf; related to Dutch sloof apron
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Other 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.
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