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sleeve
[sleev] 
noun, verb, sleeved, sleev⋅ing.–noun
| 1. | the part of a garment that covers the arm, varying in form and length but commonly tubular. |
| 2. | an envelope, usually of paper, for protecting a phonograph record. |
| 3. | Machinery. a tubular piece, as of metal, fitting over a rod or the like. |
–verb (used with object)
—Idioms| 4. | to furnish with sleeves. |
| 5. | Machinery. to fit with a sleeve; join or fasten by means of a sleeve. |
| 6. | 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. |
| 7. | laugh up or in one's sleeve, to be secretly amused or contemptuous; laugh inwardly: to laugh up one's sleeve at someone's affectations. |
Origin:
bef. 950; ME sleve, OE slēfe (Anglian), slīefe; akin to D sloof apron
bef. 950; ME sleve, OE slēfe (Anglian), slīefe; akin to D sloof apron
Related forms:
sleevelike, adjective
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| sleeve (slēv) n.
To furnish or fit with sleeves or a sleeve. [Middle English sleve, from Old English slēf; see sleubh- in Indo-European roots.] sleeve'less adj. |
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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.Sleeve
Sleeve\, n. See Sleave, untwisted thread.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.
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Language Translation for : sleeve
Spanish:
manga,
German:
der Ärmel,
Japanese:
そで
sleeve
O.E. sliefe (W.Saxon), slefe (Mercian), from P.Gmc. *slaubjon (cf. M.L.G. sloven "to dress carelessly," O.H.G. sloufen "to put on or off"). Related to O.E. sliefan "put on (clothes)" and slupan "to slip, glide," from PIE base *sleubh- "to slide, slip." (cf. expression to slip into "to dress in"). Mechanical sense is attested from 1864. To have something up one's sleeve is recorded from c.1500; to laugh in (or up) one's sleeve is from 1560. Meaning "the English Channel" translates Fr. La Manche.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer.
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