sleeve

1. n. See Sleave, untwisted thread. Source: opted

2. n. The part of a garment which covers the arm; as, the sleeve of a coat or a gown. Source: opted

3. n. A narrow channel of water. Source: opted

4. n. A tubular part made to cover, sustain, or steady another part, or to form a connection between two parts. Source: opted

5. n. A long bushing or thimble, as in the nave of a wheel. Source: opted

6. n. A short piece of pipe used for covering a joint, or forming a joint between the ends of two other pipes. Source: opted

7. v. t. To furnish with sleeves; to put sleeves into; as, to sleeve a coat. Source: opted

8. n. the part of a garment that is attached at the armhole and that provides a cloth covering for the arm Source: wordnet

9. n. small case into which an object fits Source: wordnet

10. See Sleave, untwisted thread. 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. To furnish with sleeves; to put sleeves into; as, to sleeve a coat. Source: webster

11. n:100 n. the part of a garment that is attached at the armhole and that provides a cloth covering for the arm n. small case into which an object fits Source: ecdict

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