sleeve
noun
Example Sentences
Ew Staff, EW.com, 9 Sep. 2022 After Peyton finished the image, Guadagnino had one more surprise up his sleeve. Liam Hess, Vogue, 1 Sep. 2022 That left Djokovic with two options: Roll up his sleeve or withdraw. Karen Kaplan, Los Angeles Times, 30 Aug. 2022 Last night at their show at Los Angeles’ Banc of California Stadium, the band had another trick up their sleeve. Daniel Kohn, SPIN, 28 Aug. 2022 Charlotte Tilbury has something brand new up her sleeve. Jennifer Chan, Peoplemag, 25 Aug. 2022 But this year, Garner has other tricks up her sleeve. Danya Perez, San Antonio Express-News, 23 Aug. 2022 If anything, Miller was curious to discover what the second Williams kid to hit the circuit had up her sleeve. Joshua Robinson, WSJ, 23 Aug. 2022 Just below his sleeve, at the crook of his left elbow, a deep chunk of flesh is missing — as if a monster had taken a bite out of his arm. Holly Bailey, Washington Post, 13 Aug. 2022 See More Word History
Middle English sleve, going back to Old English slīefe (West Saxon), slēfe (Anglian), feminine weak noun, going back to a Germanic noun base *slaubj- (whence also East Frisian [Saterland] sleeuwe "sleeve," North Frisian [Mooring] sliiw), from a verbal root *slaub- seen also in Old English slēfan (weak verb) "to slip (clothes) on," Middle Dutch slōven "to roll up, strip off, slip over something," sloof "coat of rough cloth, habit," slove "cover, wrapper," regional German Schlaube "skin, peel (of fruit, etc.)," going back to Indo-European *slou̯bh-, causative derivative of *sleu̯bh- "move easily, slip," whence also Latin (with suffix *-re/o-ko-) lūbricus "slippery, difficult to hold"
Note: This Germanic etymon for "sleeve" is evidently of Anglo-Frisian date, judging by its appearance in North and East Frisian; in West Frisian it appears to have been replaced by Dutch mouw. —The postulation of *slou̯bh- is based on the R. Lühr's hypothesis (see note at slip entry 5), though others appear to regard *slaub- as arising within Germanic, without positing an Indo-European base (thus Feist/Lehmann, A Gothic Etymological Dictionary; G. Kroonen, Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic); thereby the verb *sleupan- "to creep, glide" (see slip entry 5) can be added to the above group of words, as well as Gothic afslaupjan "to strip off (a garment)," a causative with o-grade ablaut. Kroonen additionally cites also Old Frisian slēpan "to fasten, put (a noose around the neck)" and Old Saxon slōpian "to loosen." The putative Old English verb slīepan cited by Feist/Lehmann and Kroonen does not appear to exist, nor does slíefan cited by Lühr. Kroonen cites as a form comparative within Indo-European Lithuanian įslupti "to slip in" and Latvian šļupt "to glide out." For more Germanic nominal derivatives see slop entry 1.
before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a
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sleeve
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