sleeve

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sleeve / slēv/ • n. the part of a garment that wholly or partly covers a person's arm: a shirt with the sleeves rolled up. ∎  (also record sleeve or album sleeve) a protective paper or cardboard cover for a record. ∎  a protective or connecting tube fitting over or enclosing a rod, spindle, or smaller tube.PHRASES: up one's sleeve (of a strategy, idea, or resource) kept secret and in reserve for use when needed: he was new to the game but had a few tricks up his sleeve.wear one's heart on one's sleevesee heart.DERIVATIVES: sleeved adj. [often in comb.] a cap-sleeved shirt. sleeve·less adj.

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