Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to sleeve
Participle: sleeved
Gerund: sleeving
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | sleeve |
| you | sleeve |
| he;she;it | sleeves |
| we | sleeve |
| you | sleeve |
| they | sleeve |
Perfect
| I | have sleeved |
| you | have sleeved |
| he;she;it | has sleeved |
| we | have sleeved |
| you | have sleeved |
| they | have sleeved |
Past
| I | sleeved |
| you | sleeved |
| he;she;it | sleeved |
| we | sleeved |
| you | sleeved |
| they | sleeved |
Pluperfect
| I | had sleeved |
| you | had sleeved |
| he;she;it | had sleeved |
| we | had sleeved |
| you | had sleeved |
| they | had sleeved |
Future
| I | will sleeve |
| you | will sleeve |
| he;she;it | will sleeve |
| we | will sleeve |
| you | will sleeve |
| they | will sleeve |
Future Perfect
| I | will have sleeved |
| you | will have sleeved |
| he;she;it | will have sleeved |
| we | will have sleeved |
| you | will have sleeved |
| they | will have sleeved |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | sleeve |
| you | sleeve |
| he;she;it | sleeve |
| we | sleeve |
| you | sleeve |
| they | sleeve |
Perfect
| I | have sleeved |
| you | have sleeved |
| he;she;it | have sleeved |
| we | have sleeved |
| you | have sleeved |
| they | have sleeved |
Imperfect
| I | sleeved |
| you | sleeved |
| he;she;it | sleeved |
| we | sleeved |
| you | sleeved |
| they | sleeved |
Pluperfect
| I | had sleeved |
| you | had sleeved |
| he;she;it | had sleeved |
| we | had sleeved |
| you | had sleeved |
| they | had sleeved |
Conditional
Present
| I | would sleeve |
| you | would sleeve |
| he;she;it | would sleeve |
| we | would sleeve |
| you | would sleeve |
| they | would sleeve |
Perfect
| I | would have sleeved |
| you | would have sleeved |
| he;she;it | would have sleeved |
| we | would have sleeved |
| you | would have sleeved |
| they | would have sleeved |
Imperative
| you | sleeve |
| we | Let's sleeve |
| you | sleeve |
Verbs conjugated like 'sleeve'
abacinate,
abalienate,
abase,
abate,
abbreviate,
abdicate,
abduce,
aberrate,
aberuncate,
abirritate,
abjudge,
abjudicate,
abjugate,
abjure,
ablactate,
ablaqueate,
able,
ablegate,
abligate,
abnegate, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'sleeve'
skeeve,
sleave,
sleepe,
steeve,
alieve,
besleeve,
bleeze,
bleve,
cleave,
fleece,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. From Middle English sleve, slefe, from Old English slīef and slīefe (“sleeve”). Cognate with Saterland Frisian Sleeuwe (“sleeve”), West Frisian slúf, Dutch sloof (“apron”), Low German sluve, dialectal German Schlaube.
2. The Canadian sense of “measure smaller than a pint” is due to a former conflict between federal law and provincial law in British Columbia. According to federal law, a pint must be 20 imperial ounces (~568 ml), but according to provincial law at the time, the maximum individual serving size was 500 ml, so an individual portion could not be called a “pint” in British Columbia, and required a different term. The provincial law has been changed, allowing servings of up to 24 oz (~682 ml), but the term remains in use. The term sleeve itself for a cylindrical glass of beer is also found in the UK and Australia (as sleever), and may be due to stacked glasses resembling a sleeve. See: Frisian, Saterlandic 'Sleeuwe'.
Sample Sentences
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There are certain types of sleeving that are difficult to perform with the shirt sleeves down, and it is difficult and risky to attempt sleeving while wearing a shirt with "French" cuffs. [2006, J. B. Bobo, Modern Coin Magic, →ISBN, page 99:]