Synonyms of the word sleeve


SLEEVEARM - CASE

sleeve

  • n. The part of a garment that covers the arm.
  • n. A (usually tubular) covering or lining to protect a piece of machinery etc.
  • n. A protective jacket or case, especially for a record, containing art and information about the contents;…
  • n. A tattoo covering the whole arm.
  • n. A narrow channel of water.
  • n. sleave; untwisted thread.
  • n. (British Columbia) A serving of beer measuring between 14 and 16 ounces.
  • n. (US) A long, cylindrical plastic bag of cookies or crackers.
  • n. (electrical) A double tube of copper into which the ends of bare wires are pushed so that when the tube…
  • v. (transitive) to fit a sleeve to.

arm

  • n. The portion of the upper human appendage, from the shoulder to the wrist and sometimes including the hand.
  • n. (anatomy) The extended portion of the upper limb, from the shoulder to the elbow.
  • n. A limb, or locomotive or prehensile organ, of an invertebrate animal.
  • n. A long, narrow, more or less rigid part of an object extending from the main part or centre of the object,…
  • n. (geography) A bay or inlet off a main body of water.
  • n. A branch of an organization.
  • n. (figuratively) Power; might; strength; support.
  • n. (baseball, slang) A pitcher.
  • n. (genetics) One of the two parts of a chromosome.
  • n. A group of patients in a medical trial.
  • v. To take by the arm; to take up in one's arms.
  • v. To supply with arms or limbs.
  • adj. (Britain dialectal, chiefly Scotland) Poor; lacking in riches or wealth.
  • adj. (Britain dialectal, chiefly Scotland) To be pitied; pitiful; wretched.
  • n. (usually used in the plural) A weapon.
  • n. (in the plural) heraldic bearings or insignia.
  • v. To supply with armour or (later especially) weapons.
  • v. To prepare a tool or a weapon for action; to activate.
  • v. To cover or furnish with a plate, or with whatever will add strength, force, security, or efficiency.
  • v. (figuratively) To furnish with means of defence; to prepare for resistance; to fortify, in a moral sense.
  • v. To fit (a magnet) with an armature.

case

  • n. An actual event, situation, or fact.
  • n. (now rare) A given condition or state.
  • n. A piece of work, specifically defined within a profession.
  • n. (academia) An instance or event as a topic of study.
  • n. (law) A legal proceeding, lawsuit.
  • n. (grammar) A specific inflection of a word depending on its function in the sentence.
  • n. (grammar, uncountable) Grammatical cases and their meanings taken either as a topic in general or within…
  • n. (medicine) An instance of a specific condition or set of symptoms.
  • n. (programming) A section of code representing one of the actions of a conditional switch.
  • v. (obsolete) To propose hypothetical cases.
  • n. A box that contains or can contain a number of identical items of manufacture.
  • n. A box, sheath, or covering generally.
  • n. A piece of luggage that can be used to transport an apparatus such as a sewing machine.
  • n. An enclosing frame or casing.
  • n. A suitcase.
  • n. A piece of furniture, constructed partially of transparent glass or plastic, within which items can be…
  • n. The outer covering or framework of a piece of apparatus such as a computer.
  • n. (printing, historical) A shallow tray divided into compartments or "boxes" for holding type, traditionally…
  • n. (typography, by extension) The nature of a piece of alphabetic type, whether a “capital” (upper case)…
  • n. (poker slang) Four of a kind.
  • n. (US) A unit of liquid measure used to measure sales in the beverage industry, equivalent to 192 fluid…
  • n. (mining) A small fissure which admits water into the workings.
  • n. A thin layer of harder metal on the surface of an object whose deeper metal is allowed to remain soft.
  • adj. (poker slang) The last remaining card of a particular rank.
  • v. (transitive) To place (an item or items of manufacture) into a box, as in preparation for shipment.
  • v. (transitive) To cover or protect with, or as if with, a case; to enclose.
  • v. (transitive, informal) To survey (a building or other location) surreptitiously, as in preparation for…

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