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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024sleeve•less (slēv′lis),USA pronunciation adj. - without sleeves.
- amounting to nothing;
unprofitable;
futile:a sleeveless errand.
- bef. 950; Middle English; Old English slīeflēas. See sleeve, -less
WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024sleeve /sliv/USA pronunciation n. [countable]- the part of a garment that covers the arm:He rolled up his sleeves and began to work.
- Sound Reproductionan envelope, usually of paper or cardboard, for protecting a phonograph record.
- Mechanical Engineeringa tube-shaped piece, as of metal, fitting over a rod or the like.
Idioms- Idioms up one's sleeve, [uncountable] kept hidden, esp. for future use against another:He's got some trick up his sleeve.
sleeve•less, adj. WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024sleeve (slēv),USA pronunciation n., v., sleeved, sleev•ing. n. - the part of a garment that covers the arm, varying in form and length but commonly tubular.
- Sound Reproductionan envelope, usually of paper, for protecting a phonograph record.
- Mechanical Engineering[Mach.]a tubular piece, as of metal, fitting over a rod or the like.
- laugh up or in one's sleeve, to be secretly amused or contemptuous;
laugh inwardly:to laugh up one's sleeve at someone's affectations. - have something up one's sleeve, to have a secret plan, scheme, opinion, or the like:I could tell by her sly look that she had something up her sleeve.
v.t. - to furnish with sleeves.
- [Mach.]to fit with a sleeve;
join or fasten by means of a sleeve.
- bef. 950; Middle English sleve, Old English slēfe (Anglian), slīefe; akin to Dutch sloof apron
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