sleeve /sliːv/ noun [countable]
[Language: Old English; Origin: sliefe]

1. the part of a piece of clothing that covers all or part of your arm:
a dress with long sleeves
long-sleeved/short-sleeved etc
a short-sleeved shirt

2. have something up your sleeve informal to have a secret plan or idea that you are going to use later:
Don’t worry. He still has a few tricks up his sleeve.

3. a stiff paper cover that a record is stored in Synonym : jacket

[TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲

sleeve
noun
ADJ. long, short | full, puffed, voluminous, wide | rolled-up | coat, shirt, etc.
VERB + SLEEVE push back/up, roll up She rolled up her sleeves and got down to work.
roll down | tug at I looked around to see who was tugging at my sleeve.
PREP. in … ~s It was sunny, and everyone was in short sleeves.
on a/the ~ There's tomato sauce on your sleeve.
PHRASES in (your) shirtsleeves (= not wearing a jacket)

[TahlilGaran] Collocations Dictionary ▲

sleeve
sli:v
See: card up one's sleeve , laugh up one's sleeve or laugh in one's sleeve , roll up one's sleeves , up one's sleeve or in one's sleeve , wear one's heart on one's sleeve also pin one's heart on one's sleeve

[TahlilGaran] English Idioms Dictionary ▲