sleeve meaning
EN
[sliːv] 
US WSleeve
- Sleeve (O. Eng. slieve, or slyf, a word allied to slip, cf. Dutch sloof) is the part of a garment that covers the arm, or through which the arm passes or slips.
- Sleeve length varies from barely over the shoulder (cap sleeve) to floor-length. Most contemporary shirt sleeves end somewhere between the mid-upper arm and the wrist.
- NounPLsleeves
- The part of a garment that covers the arm.
- The sleeves on my coat are too long.
- A (usually tubular) covering or lining to protect a piece of machinery etc.
- This bearing requires a sleeve so the shaft will fit snugly.
- A protective jacket or case, especially for a record, containing art and information about the contents; also the analogous leaflet found in a packaged CD.
- A tattoo covering the whole arm.
- A narrow channel of water.
- sleave; untwisted thread.
- (British Columbia) A serving of beer measuring between 14 and 16 ounces.
- (US) A long, cylindrical plastic bag of cookies or crackers.
- (electrical) A double tube of copper 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.
- The part of a garment that covers the arm.
- VerbSGsleevesPRsleevingPT, PPsleeved
- (transitive) to fit a sleeve to.
- (transitive) to fit a sleeve to.
- More Examples
- Used in the Middle of Sentence
- This bearing requires a sleeve so the shaft will fit snugly.
- Madame Defarge herself picked out the pattern on her sleeve with her toothpick, and saw and heard something inaudible and invisible a long way off.
- If we take up the sleeves a bit, that shirt will look much better on you.
- Used in the Middle of Sentence
Definition of sleeve in English Dictionary
- Part-of-Speech Hierarchy
- Nouns
- Countable nouns
- Countable nouns
- Verbs
- Transitive verbs
- Transitive verbs
- Nouns
- en sleeveless
- en sleeves
- en sleeved
- en sleeveen
- en sleeveens
Source: Wiktionary
Grammatically, this word "sleeve" is a noun, more specifically, a countable noun. It's also a verb, more specifically, a transitive verb.