n. [ OE. sleeve, sleve, AS. sl&unr_;fe, sl&unr_;fe; akin to sl&unr_;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. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A narrow channel of water. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

The Celtic Sea, called oftentimes the Sleeve. Drayton. [ 1913 Webster ]

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. (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 1913 Suppl. ]

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 or
To laugh up one's 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 pinon the sleeve of, or
To hang on the sleeve of, to be, or make, dependent upon. [ 1913 Webster ]

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

Sleeve

n. See Sleave, untwisted thread. [ 1913 Webster ]

Sleeved

a. Having sleeves; furnished with sleeves; -- often in composition; as, long-sleeved. [ 1913 Webster ]

Sleevefish

n. (Zool.) A squid. [ 1913 Webster ]

Sleevehand

n. The part of a sleeve nearest the hand; a cuff or wristband. [ Obs. ] Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

Sleeveless

a. [ AS. slēfleás. ] 1. Having no sleeves. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Lacking a cover, pretext, or palliation; unreasonable; profitless; bootless; useless. [ Obs. ] Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

The vexation of a sleeveless errand. Bp. Warburton. [ 1913 Webster ]

Chinese-English: CC-CEDICT DictionaryCC-CEDICT CN-EN Dictionary

袖

[袖, xiù, ㄒㄧㄡˋ]sleeve#5687[Add to Longdo]

袖子

[袖子, xiù zi, ㄒㄧㄡˋ ㄗ˙]sleeve#18185[Add to Longdo]

袂

[袂, mèi, ㄇㄟˋ]sleeve of a robe#37555[Add to Longdo]

套筒

[套筒, tào tǒng, ㄊㄠˋ ㄊㄨㄥˇ]sleeve; a tube for wrapping#57831[Add to Longdo]

坎肩

[坎肩, kǎn jiān, ㄎㄢˇ ㄐㄧㄢ]sleeveless jacket (usually cotton); Chinese waistcoat#64266[Add to Longdo]

套袖

[套袖, tào xiù, ㄊㄠˋ ㄒㄧㄡˋ]sleeve cover#116867[Add to Longdo]

袪

[袪, qū, ㄑㄩ]sleeve opening#120309[Add to Longdo]

襼

[襼, yì, ㄧˋ]sleeve of dress#706563[Add to Longdo]

褎

[褎, xiù, ㄒㄧㄡˋ]sleeve; ample flowing robes[Add to Longdo]

German-English: TU-Chemnitz DING DictionaryDING DE-EN Dictionary

Ärmel { m } | Ärmel { pl } | mit Ärmeln

sleeve | sleeves | sleeved[Add to Longdo]

Hülsenkupplung { f }

sleeve coupling[Add to Longdo]

Japanese-English: EDICT DictionaryEDICT JP-EN Dictionary

振り(P);風

[ふり, furi](n, ctr) (1) swing; shake; wave; swinging; (n) (2) (uk) appearance; behaviour; (3) (uk) pretence (pretense); show; (4) (uk) lacking a reservation or introduction (at a restaurant, etc.); (5) postures (of a dance); (6) unsewn part of a hanging sleeve on a traditional Japanese woman's garment; (suf, ctr) (7) counter for swords, blades, etc.; (P)#5704[Add to Longdo]

袖

[そで, sode](n) (1) sleeve; (2) wing (of a stage); (P)#10111[Add to Longdo]

たくし上げる

[たくしあげる, takushiageru](v1) to roll up or pull up (sleeves, skirt, etc.)[Add to Longdo]

たくる

[takuru](v5r) to pull in; to take for oneself; to tuck up (one's sleeves)[Add to Longdo]

ちゃんちゃんこ

[chanchanko](n) padded sleeveless kimono jacket; Japanese vest[Add to Longdo]

はぐる

[haguru](v5r, vt) to roll up (e.g. sleeves); to turn over[Add to Longdo]

まくり上げる;捲り上げる

[まくりあげる, makuriageru](v1) to tuck (e.g. sleeves); to roll up[Add to Longdo]