SLEEVE
\slˈiːv], \slˈiːv], \s_l_ˈiː_v]\
Definitions of SLEEVE
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
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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.
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See Sleave, untwisted thread.
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The part of a garment which covers the arm; as, the sleeve of a coat or a gown.
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A narrow channel of water.
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A tubular part made to cover, sustain, or steady another part, or to form a connection between two parts.
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A long bushing or thimble, as in the nave of a wheel.
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A short piece of pipe used for covering a joint, or forming a joint between the ends of two other pipes.
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To furnish with sleeves; to put sleeves into; as, to sleeve a coat.
By Oddity Software
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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.
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See Sleave, untwisted thread.
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The part of a garment which covers the arm; as, the sleeve of a coat or a gown.
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A narrow channel of water.
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A tubular part made to cover, sustain, or steady another part, or to form a connection between two parts.
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A long bushing or thimble, as in the nave of a wheel.
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A short piece of pipe used for covering a joint, or forming a joint between the ends of two other pipes.
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To furnish with sleeves; to put sleeves into; as, to sleeve a coat.
By Noah Webster.
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The part of a garment that covers the arm; in machinery, a part, usually shaped like a tube, to cover some other part.
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Sleeveless.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
By Daniel Lyons
By Stormonth, James, Phelp, P. H.
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
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