Sleeveless vs. Sleeve — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Sleeveless and Sleeve
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Definitions
Sleeveless
A part of a garment that covers all or part of an arm.
Sleeve
A sleeve (O. Eng. slieve, or slyf, a word allied to slip, cf.
Sleeveless
A case into which an object or device fits
A record sleeve.
Sleeve
A part of a garment that covers all or part of an arm.
Sleeveless
A tattoo that covers all or a large part of the arm.
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Sleeve
A case into which an object or device fits
A record sleeve.
Sleeveless
To furnish or fit with sleeves or a sleeve.
Sleeve
A tattoo that covers all or a large part of the arm.
Sleeveless
Of a garment, having no sleeves.
Sleeve
To furnish or fit with sleeves or a sleeve.
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Sleeveless
(obsolete) Wanting a cover, pretext, or palliation; unreasonable; profitless; useless.
A sleeveless errand
Sleeve
The part of a garment that covers the arm.
The sleeves on my coat are too long.
Sleeveless
Having no sleeves.
Sleeve
A (usually tubular) covering or lining to protect a piece of machinery etc.
This bearing requires a sleeve so the shaft will fit snugly.
Sleeveless
Wanting a cover, pretext, or palliation; unreasonable; profitless; bootless; useless.
The vexation of a sleeveless errand.
Sleeve
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.
Sleeveless
Having no sleeves;
Sleeveless summer dresses
Sleeve
A tattoo covering the whole arm.
Sleeveless
Unproductive of success;
A fruitless search
Futile years after her artistic peak
A sleeveless errand
A vain attempt
Sleeve
A narrow channel of water.
Sleeve
Sleave; untwisted thread.
Sleeve
(British Columbia) A serving of beer smaller than a pint, typically measuring between 12 and 16 ounces.
Sleeve
(US) A long, cylindrical plastic bag of cookies or crackers.
Sleeve
(electrical engineering) A double tube of copper into which the ends of bare wires are pushed so that when the tube is twisted an electrical connection is made. The joint thus made is called a McIntire joint.
Sleeve
(transitive) To fit and attach a sleeve to an upper garment (e.g. to a shirt, blouse, sweater, jacket, coat, etc.) or to a folder.
Sleeve
(magic tricks) To hide something up one's sleeve.
Sleeve
See Sleave, untwisted thread.
Sleeve
The part of a garment which covers the arm; as, the sleeve of a coat or a gown.
Sleeve
A narrow channel of water.
The Celtic Sea, called oftentimes the Sleeve.
Sleeve
A tubular part made to cover, sustain, or steady another part, or to form a connection between two parts.
Sleeve
A double tube of copper, in section like the figure 8, into which the ends of bare wires are pushed so that when the tube is twisted an electrical connection is made. The joint thus made is called a McIntire joint.
Sleeve
To furnish with sleeves; to put sleeves into; as, to sleeve a coat.
Sleeve
The part of a garment that is attached at armhole and provides a cloth covering for the arm
Sleeve
Small case into which an object fits
