sleeve (sl?v)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.3. A tattoo that covers all or a large part of the arm.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 sl?f; see sleubh- in Indo-European roots.]sleeve?less adj.American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.sleeve (sli?v) n1. (Clothing & Fashion) the part of a garment covering the arm2. (Mechanical Engineering) a tubular piece that is forced or shrunk into a cylindrical bore to reduce the diameter of the bore or to line it with a different material; liner3. (Mechanical Engineering) a tube fitted externally over two cylindrical parts in order to join them; bush4. (Electronics) a flat cardboard or plastic container to protect a gramophone record. US name: jacket 5. roll up one’s sleeves to prepare oneself for work, a fight, etc6. up one’s sleeve secretly readyvb (tr) to provide with a sleeve or sleeves[Old English sl?f, sl?f; related to Dutch sloof apron] ?sleeveless adj ?sleeve?like adjCollins English Dictionary ? Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014sleeve (sliv) n., v. sleeved, sleev?ing. n. 1. the part of a garment that covers all or part of the arm. 2. an envelope, usu. of paper, for protecting a phonograph record. 3. a tubular piece, as of metal, fitting over a rod or the like. v.t. 4. to furnish with sleeves. Idioms: up one’s sleeve, kept hidden, esp. for future use against another. [before 950; Middle English sleve, Old English sl?fe (Anglian), sl?efe, akin to Frisian (East) sl?we sleeve, Middle Dutch sloove covering] sleeve?less, adj. Random House Kernerman Webster’s College Dictionary, © 2010 K Dictionaries Ltd. Copyright 2005, 1997, 1991 by Random House, Inc. All rights reserved.sleevePast participle: sleevedGerund: sleevingImperativePresentPreteritePresent ContinuousPresent PerfectPast ContinuousPast PerfectFutureFuture PerfectFuture ContinuousPresent Perfect ContinuousFuture Perfect ContinuousPast Perfect ContinuousConditionalPast ConditionalImperativesleevesleevePresentI sleeveyou sleevehe/she/it sleeveswe sleeveyou sleevethey sleevePreteriteI sleevedyou sleevedhe/she/it sleevedwe sleevedyou sleevedthey sleevedPresent ContinuousI am sleevingyou are sleevinghe/she/it is sleevingwe are sleevingyou are sleevingthey are sleevingPresent PerfectI have sleevedyou have sleevedhe/she/it has sleevedwe have sleevedyou have sleevedthey have sleevedPast ContinuousI was sleevingyou were sleevinghe/she/it was sleevingwe were sleevingyou were sleevingthey were sleevingPast PerfectI had sleevedyou had sleevedhe/she/it had sleevedwe had sleevedyou had sleevedthey had sleevedFutureI will sleeveyou will sleevehe/she/it will sleevewe will sleeveyou will sleevethey will sleeveFuture PerfectI will have sleevedyou will have sleevedhe/she/it will have sleevedwe will have sleevedyou will have sleevedthey will have sleevedFuture ContinuousI will be sleevingyou will be sleevinghe/she/it will be sleevingwe will be sleevingyou will be sleevingthey will be sleevingPresent Perfect ContinuousI have been sleevingyou have been sleevinghe/she/it has been sleevingwe have been sleevingyou have been sleevingthey have been sleevingFuture Perfect ContinuousI will have been sleevingyou will have been sleevinghe/she/it will have been sleevingwe will have been sleevingyou will have been sleevingthey will have been sleevingPast Perfect ContinuousI had been sleevingyou had been sleevinghe/she/it had been sleevingwe had been sleevingyou had been sleevingthey had been sleevingConditionalI would sleeveyou would sleevehe/she/it would sleevewe would sleeveyou would sleevethey would sleevePast ConditionalI would have sleevedyou would have sleevedhe/she/it would have sleevedwe would have sleevedyou would have sleevedthey would have sleevedCollins English Verb Tables © HarperCollins Publishers 2011