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Inflections of 'sleeve' (v): (⇒ conjugate)

sleeves: v 3rd person singular

sleeving: v pres p

sleeved: v past

sleeved: v past p

Collocations for "sleeve"

Common phrases and expressions where native English speakers use the word "sleeve" in context.

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sleeve

n

the [book, CD, DVD, record] sleeve
printed [on, inside] the [book] sleeve
a shirt with [long, short] sleeves
weather for [short, long] sleeves
rolled up his [shirt] sleeves
figurative: time to roll up your sleeves and get to work
got a [coffee, wine, pen] stain on her sleeve
clung onto her [gown, robe, coat] sleeve
[tore, ripped] her sleeve
was hiding a card up his sleeve
figurative: (still) has [a trick, an ace] up her sleeve

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'sleeve' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):

ace - back - cardboard - fag - fluff - heart - insert - long - mop - record - shirt - short - slide - snag - snot - tattoo - tear - thread - tug - twig - worn

Forum discussions with the word(s) "sleeve" in the title:

a card stuffed up the magician's sleeve - English Only forum
a printed plastic sleeve - English Only forum
a sleeve of - English Only forum
A sleeve of golf balls - English Only forum
ace in the hole vs ace up your sleeve - English Only forum
an oilskinned sleeve - English Only forum
and <hiding a knife in her sleeve>, went to the pond - English Only forum
any man's sleeve - English Only forum
bushing / sleeve - English Only forum
carried up a sleeve - English Only forum
CD pastic bag/ sleeve - English Only forum
comma with 'which' [relative pronoun]: tears with the sleeve which - English Only forum
Creep up someone's sleeve - English Only forum
got it on his sleeve - English Only forum
got some twix up my sleeve - English Only forum
Have a lot in my sleeve/into my backside - English Only forum
have a trick up one's sleeve - English Only forum
he pulls up the sleeve of his shirt - English Only forum
holding up your sleeve - English Only forum
How to describe the relationship between a sleeve and a shaft？ - English Only forum
I dragged the hospital gown sleeve.. - English Only forum
I got the sleeve too close to a candle - English Only forum
Idiom: to be growing a snake up your own sleeve - English Only forum
iPhone/iPad sleeve trackers - English Only forum
Laughing in one's sleeve - English Only forum
long / short sleeve - English Only forum
long sleeved vs long sleeve - English Only forum
long-sleeve tee print - English Only forum
on <the schoolmaster's sleeve> - English Only forum
onion sleeve - English Only forum
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