sleeve

Other forms of sleeve

plural

sleeves·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about sleeve

What does sleeve mean?

sleeve means "the part of a garment that is attached at the armhole and that provides a cloth covering for the arm". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in sleeve?

sleeve has 1 syllable: sleeve. In IPA it is /ˈsliv/.

What is another word for sleeve?

Close synonyms include arm. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is sleeve a common word?

sleeve is banded "Common" — everyday vocabulary in speech and writing. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with sleeve?

1 word rhymes with sleeve. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.