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Sleeve vs Sleev - What's the difference?

sleeve | sleev |

As nouns the difference between sleeve and sleev

is that sleeve is the part of a garment that covers the arm while sleev is simplified spelling of sleeve

As verbs the difference between sleeve and sleev

is that sleeve is to fit a sleeve to while sleev is simplified spelling of sleeve

sleeve

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • The part of a garment that covers the arm.
    • The sleeves on my coat are too long.
  • A (usually tubular) covering or lining to protect a piece of machinery etc.
    • This bearing requires a sleeve so the shaft will fit snugly.
  • A protective jacket or case, especially for a record, containing art and information about the contents; also the analogous leaflet found in a packaged CD.
  • A narrow channel of water.
  • * Drayton
    • the Celtic Sea, called oftentimes the Sleeve
  • sleave; untwisted thread.
  • (British Columbia) A serving of beer measuring between 14 and 16 ounces.
  • (label) A long, cylindrical plastic bag of cookies or crackers.
  • * 2012 , Half A Sleeve Of Oreos Lost In House Fire", The Onion, May 5, 2012:
  • *:A three-alarm fire tore through a family home on Newark's East Side early Saturday morning, completely gutting the two-story residence and tragically claiming a half-sleeve of Oreo cookies that was trapped inside a cupboard.

    • Derived terms

    * shirtsleeves * sleeveless

    Verb

    (sleev)
  • to fit a sleeve to

    • See also

    * raglan * thimble

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    sleev

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (nonstandard) (simplified spelling of sleeve)
  • :* {{quote-book
    • , year=1991 , year_published=2009 , edition=Digitized , editor= , author=US Army , title=Aviation Unit and Intermediate Maintenance , chapter= citation , genre= , publisher=US Army , isbn= , page=BULK-9 , passage=INSULATION SLEEV ELECTRICAL-PLASTIC, FLEXIBLE, … }}
  • :* {{quote-book
    • , year=2007 , year_published= , edition= , editor= , author=KL Narayana , title=Machine Drawing , chapter= citation , genre= , publisher=New Age International , isbn=9788122419177 , page=xiii , passage=Cotter Joint with Sleev }}

    References

    * Century Dictionary Supplement, Vol. XII, Page 1228, sleev, sleevd

    Verb

  • (nonstandard) (simplified spelling of sleeve)
  • :* {{quote-book
    • , year=1789 , year_published=2006 , edition=Digitized , editor= , author=John Bell , title=Bell's Classical Arrangment of Fugitive Poetry , chapter=Stanza of Spenser citation , genre= , publisher=Univ of Michigan , isbn= , page=105 , passage=His sweeping scythe the white-sleevd mower plies, … }}
  • :* {{quote-book
    • , year=1793 , year_published=2009 , edition=HTML , editor=Lynda Pratt , author=Robert Southey , title=The Collected Letters of Robert Southey , chapter=Letter 40 citation , genre= , publisher=Univ of Maryland , isbn= , page= , passage=By thy full sleevd black gown — by thy still blacker heart. / Where Genius nor Virtue possess one small part }}
  • :* {{quote-book
    • , year= , year_published=2004 , edition= , editor=Eric Robinson, David Powell , author=John Clare , title=Major Works , chapter=Poems of the Helpston Period citation , genre= , publisher=Oxford Univ Press , isbn=9780192805638 , page=69 , passage=And short sleevd gown that half to guess reveals … }}
  • :* {{quote-book
    • , year=1897 , year_published=2007 , edition=Digitized , editor= , author=Thomas Hoccleve, Sir Israel Gollancz , title=Early English Text Society: Issue 72 , chapter= citation , genre= , publisher=Univ of California , isbn= , page=xii , passage=… responsibility of long-sleevd retainers defending their lord when he's attackt in the street,... }}

    References

    * Century Dictionary Supplement, Vol. XII, Page 1228, sleev, sleevd