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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

SLEEVE,
1. The part of a garment that is fitted to cover the arm; as the sleeve of a coat or gown.
2. The raveled sleeve of car, in Shakespeare. [See Sleave.]
TO LAUGH IN THE SLEEVE, to laugh privately or unperceived; that is perhaps, originally, by hiding the face under the sleeve or arm.
TO HANG ON THE SLEEVE, to be or make dependent on others.
SLEEVE, v.t.
1. To furnish with sleeves; as a sleeveless coat.
2. Wanting a cover, pretext or palliation; unreasonable; as a sleeveless tale of tran substantiation; a sleeveless errand. [Little used.]

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: the part of a garment that is attached at the armhole and that provides a cloth covering for the arm [syn: sleeve, arm]
2: small case into which an object fits

Merriam Webster's

noun Etymology: Middle English sleve, from Old English sl?efe; perhaps akin to Old English sl?fan to slip (clothes) on, sl?pan to slip, Old High German sliofan, Latin lubricus slippery Date: before 12th century 1. a. a part of a garment covering an arm b. sleevelet 2. a. a tubular part (as a hollow axle or a bushing) designed to fit over another part b. an open-ended flat or tubular packaging or cover; especially jacket 3c(2) • sleeved adjective • sleeveless adjective

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. 1 the part of a garment that wholly or partly covers an arm. 2 the cover of a gramophone record. 3 a tube enclosing a rod or smaller tube. 4 a a wind-sock. b a drogue towed by an aircraft. Phrases and idioms: roll up one's sleeves prepare to fight or work. sleeve-board a small ironing-board for pressing sleeves. sleeve-coupling a tube for connecting shafts or pipes. sleeve-link a cuff-link. sleeve-note a descriptive note on a record-sleeve. sleeve-nut a long nut with right-hand and left-hand screw-threads for drawing together pipes or shafts conversely threaded. sleeve-valve a valve in the form of a cylinder with a sliding movement. up one's sleeve concealed but ready for use, in reserve. Derivatives: sleeved adj. (also in comb.). sleeveless adj. Etymology: OE slefe, sliefe, slyf

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Sleeve Sleeve, n. (Elec.) A double tube of copper, in section like the figure 8, 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.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Sleeve Sleeve, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Sleeved; p. pr. & vb. n. Sleeving.] To furnish with sleeves; to put sleeves into; as, to sleeve a coat.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Sleeve Sleeve, n. See Sleave, untwisted thread.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Sleeve Sleeve, n. [OE. sleeve, sleve, AS. sl?fe, sl?fe; akin to sl?fan to put on, to clothe; cf. OD. sloove the turning up of anything, sloven to turn up one's sleeves, sleve a sleeve, G. schlaube a husk, pod.] 1. The part of a garment which covers the arm; as, the sleeve of a coat or a gown. --Chaucer. 2. A narrow channel of water. [R.] The Celtic Sea, called oftentimes the Sleeve. --Drayton. 3. (Mach.) (a) A tubular part made to cover, sustain, or steady another part, or to form a connection between two parts. (b) A long bushing or thimble, as in the nave of a wheel. (c) A short piece of pipe used for covering a joint, or forming a joint between the ends of two other pipes. Sleeve button, a detachable button to fasten the wristband or cuff. Sleeve links, two bars or buttons linked together, and used to fasten a cuff or wristband. To laugh in the sleeve, to laugh privately or unperceived, especially while apparently preserving a grave or serious demeanor toward the person or persons laughed at; that is, perhaps, originally, by hiding the face in the wide sleeves of former times. To pin, or hang, on the sleeve of, to be, or make, dependent upon.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(sleeves) 1. The sleeves of a coat, shirt, or other item of clothing are the parts that cover your arms. His sleeves were rolled up to his elbows... He wore a black band on the left sleeve of his jacket. N-COUNT 2. A record sleeve is the stiff envelope in which a record is kept. (mainly BRIT; in AM, usually use jacket) There are to be no pictures of him on the sleeve of the new record. N-COUNT: usu N of n, n N 3. If you have something up your sleeve, you have an idea or plan which you have not told anyone about. You can also say that someone has an ace, card, or trick up their sleeve. He wondered what Shearson had up his sleeve... PHRASE: N inflects