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sleeved

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sleeve  (slv)
n.
1. A part of a garment that covers all or part of an arm.
2. A case into which an object or device fits: a record sleeve.
tr.v. sleeved, sleev·ing, sleeves
To furnish or fit with sleeves or a sleeve.
Idiom:
up (one's) sleeve
Hidden but ready to be used: I still have a few tricks up my sleeve.
[Middle English sleve, from Old English slf; see sleubh- in Indo-European roots.]
sleeveless adj.
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adj.1.sleeved - made with sleeves or sleeves especially as specified; often used in combination; "sleeved garments"; "short-sleeved"
sleeveless - having no sleeves; "sleeveless summer dresses"
Translations
sleeved [sliːvd] ADJ → con mangas


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One of the searchers came suddenly upon a sleeved arm projecting from a crevice in the ice-wall, with the hand outstretched as if offering greeting
A Tramp Abroad by Twain, Mark View in context
The streets near the station were full of the smell of beer and coffee and decaying fruit and a shirt- sleeved populace moved through them with the intimate abandon of boarders going down the passage to the bathroom.
The Age of Innocence by Wharton, Edith View in context
The apt old scholar of the old school, with his dull black breeches tied with ribbons at the knees, his large black waistcoat, his long- sleeved black coat, and his wisp of limp white neckerchief tied in the bow the peerage knows so well, stands in exactly the same place and attitude.
Bleak House by Dickens, Charles View in context
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