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sleave (SLEEV) (verb)
To separate something into fine filaments: "My cousin, who is an engineer, developed a machine to sleave the threads of silk before weaving it into new cloth."
sleeve (SLEEV) (noun)
1. Part of a piece of clothing designed to cover each arm of the wearer: "When I tried on the new coat, I noticed that the right sleeve was too short for me so I concluded it was a manufacturing error."
2. An open ended tubular packaging: "I slipped the newspaper into the plastic sleeve so it would not get wet."
3. Informal expression to suggest an individual is keeping a secret: "She was grinning so hard I was sure she had something up her sleeve."
2. An open ended tubular packaging: "I slipped the newspaper into the plastic sleeve so it would not get wet."
3. Informal expression to suggest an individual is keeping a secret: "She was grinning so hard I was sure she had something up her sleeve."
The finishing touches on the sleeve of her new dress were very artistic. Someone had to spend a lot of time to sleave the threads to create such an elaborate fringe along the seam.
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Confusing Words Clarified: Group S; Homonyms, Homophones, Homographs, Synonyms, Polysemes, etc. +
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