"sleever" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: sleevers [plural]
Etymology: sleeve + -er Etymology templates: {{suf|en|sleeve|er}} sleeve + -er Head templates: {{en-noun}} sleever (plural sleevers)
  1. A person employed to fit sleeves to garments.
    Sense id: en-sleever-en-noun-vC65KTkH
  2. A vertical bar, elliptical in cross section and tapered towards the end, used to shape the sleeve of a garment. Categories (topical): Occupations
    Sense id: en-sleever-en-noun-xwtV9paN Disambiguation of Occupations: 34 53 14 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms suffixed with -er Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 21 77 2 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 19 78 3 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -er: 23 67 10
  3. (in combination) A garment having sleeves of the specified kind. Tags: in-compounds Categories (topical): Clothing
    Sense id: en-sleever-en-noun-6cMRAEm2 Disambiguation of Clothing: 0 43 57
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: long-sleever

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for sleever meaning in All languages combined (2.6kB)

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