Past tense of sleeve
regular verb
The past tense of sleeve is sleeved. The past participle is also sleeved.
Forms of sleeve
| Base form (V1) | sleeve /sliːv/ |
|---|---|
| Past tense (V2) | sleeved |
| Past participle (V3) | sleeved |
| Present participle | sleeving |
| Third person singular | sleeves /sliːvz/ |
Sleeved in a sentence
- The T-shirty sweater shown below is long sleeved beige knit, ringed with navy-blue.1966 August 16, The News Tribune, 84th year, number 60, Tacoma, Wash., page 6. From the entry t-shirty
- A bawneen was a kind of sleeved waistcoat, buttoning up the front.1934, George A. Birmingham, Pleasant places. From the entry bawneen
- The upper classes wear a sleeved polka jacket instead of the bodice.1911, “India”, in Encyclopædia Britannica, 11th edition, New York, N.Y.: Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.. From the entry polka jacket
- Men also wore kosovorotki, which are long sleeved shirts that reach down to the mid-thigh and only have buttons at the collar.2018 March, Liubov Ben-Nun, “Russian Clothes”, in The Roots of Clothing: From Ancient Times to the Present, Israel: B.N. Publication…. From the entry kosovorotka
- Robert Dene of Sussex (14th century) bore "Gules a quarter azure 'embelif,' or aslant, and thereon a sleeved arm and hand of silver."1910, The Encyclopaedia Britannica: Har to Ita, page 320. From the entry embelif
Meaning of sleeve
- noun The part of a garment that covers the arm.
- noun A (usually tubular) covering or lining to protect a piece of machinery etc.
- noun 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.
Questions about the past tense of sleeve
- What is the past tense of sleeve?
- The past tense of sleeve is sleeved.
- What is the past participle of sleeve?
- The past participle of sleeve is sleeved.
- Is sleeve a regular or irregular verb?
- Sleeve is a regular verb: its past tense adds -d.
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: sleeve (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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