Definition of Sleeve

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Sleeve

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.

See Sleave, untwisted thread.

The part of a garment which covers the arm; as, the sleeve of a coat or a gown.

A narrow channel of water.

A tubular part made to cover, sustain, or steady another part, or to form a connection between two parts.

A long bushing or thimble, as in the nave of a wheel.

A short piece of pipe used for covering a joint, or forming a joint between the ends of two other pipes.

To furnish with sleeves; to put sleeves into; as, to sleeve a coat.

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Sleeve Quotations

A true leader always keeps an element of surprise up his sleeve, which others cannot grasp but which keeps his public excited and breathless.
Charles de Gaulle

To wear your heart on your sleeve isn't a very good plan; you should wear it inside, where it functions best.
Margaret Thatcher

I wear my heart on my sleeve.
Princess Diana

With the media, I could be quick and ugly and critical. I tend to wear my emotions on my sleeve.
Payne Stewart

Some people wear their heart up on their sleeve. I wear mine underneath my right pant leg, strapped to my boot.
Ani DiFranco

A first-rate organizer is never in a hurry. He is never late. He always keeps up his sleeve a margin for the unexpected.
Arnold Bennett

It seems to me that those songs that have been any good, I have nothing much to do with the writing of them. The words have just crawled down my sleeve and come out on the page.
Joan Baez

I'd like to think the best of me was still hiding up in my sleeve.
John Mayer

Frank Sinatra taught me how to do him. It took me seven years to master him. He would tell me, tap your foot, Rich, and don't forget to grasp your sleeve.
Rich Little

A ball had passed between my body and the right arm which supported him, cutting through the sleeve and passing through his chest from shoulder to shoulder. There was no more to be done for him and I left him to his rest. I have never mended that hole in my sleeve.
Clara Barton

Sleeve Translations

sleeve in Dutch is mouw
sleeve in Finnish is hiha
sleeve in French is douille, bague, manche
sleeve in Italian is manica
sleeve in Portuguese is manga, luva
sleeve in Spanish is manga

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