different between sleeve vs steeve

English

Etymology

From Middle English sleve, slefe, from Old English sl?ef and sl?efe (“sleeve”). Cognate with Saterland Frisian Sleeuwe (“sleeve”), West Frisian slúf, Dutch sloof (“apron”), Low German sluve, dialectal German Schlaube.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /sli?v/

Noun

sleeve (plural sleeves)

1. The part of a garment that covers the arm. [from 10th c.]

   The sleeves on my coat are too long.

2. A (usually tubular) covering or lining to protect a piece of machinery etc. [from 19th c.]

   This bearing requires a sleeve so the shaft will fit snugly.

3. 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. [from 20th c.]
4. A tattoo covering the whole arm.
5. A narrow channel of water.

   • Even from Southhampton ' s shore through Wilts and Somerset The Attrebates in Bark unto the bank of Tames Betwixt the Celtic sleeve and the Sabrinian streams

6. sleave; untwisted thread.
7. (British Columbia) A serving of beer measuring between 14 and 16 ounces.
8. (US) A long, cylindrical plastic bag of cookies or crackers.
   • 2012, Half A Sleeve Of Oreos Lost In House Fire", The Onion, May 5, 2012:

     A three-alarm fire tore through a family home on Newark's East Side early Saturday morning, completely gutting the two-story residence and tragically claiming a half-sleeve of Oreo cookies that was trapped inside a cupboard.

9. (electrical) 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.

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Verb

sleeve (third-person singular simple present sleeves, present participle sleeving, simple past and past participle sleeved)

1. (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.
2. (magic tricks) To hide something up one's sleeve.

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See also

• raglan
• thimble

Further reading

• Sleeve in the Encyclopædia Britannica (11th edition, 1911)

Anagrams

• eleves, levees, levées

English

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sti?v/
• Rhymes: -i?v
• Homophone: Steve

Noun

steeve (plural steeves)

1. (nautical) The angle which a bowsprit makes with the horizon, or with the line of the vessel's keel.
2. A spar, with a block at one end, used in stowing cotton bales and similar cargo needing to be packed tightly.

Verb

steeve (third-person singular simple present steeves, present participle steeving, simple past and past participle steeved)

1. (archaic) To project upward, or make an angle with the horizon or with the line of a vessel's keel; said of the bowsprit, etc.
2. (transitive) To stow, as bales in a vessel's hold, by means of a steeve.

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Anagrams

• vestee