Tikibu: pronunciation dictionary with use examples

Word: sleeve
IPA transcription: [sl'iv]
noun meaning of the word
  • Synonyms: sleeve, arm
    Meaning: the part of a garment that is attached at the armhole and that provides a cloth covering for the arm
Usage examples
  • Somebody tugged at my sleeve.
  • But Kenneth laid his hand upon Galliard's sleeve.
  • Soon she stopped and wiped her face on her sleeve.
  • Now he's laughing up his non-existent sleeve at us."
  • Well; you--you were laughing at me in your sleeve all the time."
  • "All right," said Saunders; "but wait till I've rolled up my sleeve.
  • The baronet caught my sleeve and his face glimmered white through the darkness.
  • The policy of every storekeeper is to have something up his sleeve for a rainy day.
  • She wore her favorite long flowing outer sleeve, without the close fitting inner one.
  • He was holding it inside his coat, and it contrived to wiggle partly down the sleeve.