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# sleeveless

«sleeveless» in Mova's school dictionary: **A sleeveless top, shirt or dress has no sleeves, so your…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

adjective (sleeveless — no other forms)

### meaning for a pupil

A sleeveless top, shirt or dress has no sleeves, so your arms are bare from the shoulder down. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sleeveless/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

Used for clothes in stories and everyday life, especially summer clothes and sports kit; it tells the reader the weather is warm or the person is active. Phrases: a sleeveless top, a sleeveless vest, a sleeveless dress, a sleeveless jumper (UK).

### examples

- It was so hot that Mia wore a sleeveless top. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sleeveless/#x1)
- The basketball team plays in sleeveless shirts. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sleeveless/#x2)
- Grandma knitted me a sleeveless jumper to wear over my shirt. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sleeveless/#x3)
- Put sun cream on your shoulders if you wear something sleeveless. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sleeveless/#x4)
- Her sleeveless dress had big yellow flowers on it. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sleeveless/#x5)
- A sleeveless vest keeps your body warm but leaves your arms free. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sleeveless/#x6)

### note

Made from «sleeve» + «-less» (without). It is an adjective, so it has no plural: «two sleeveless tops», not «sleevelesses». In the UK a «vest» is a sleeveless undershirt; in the USA a «vest» is a sleeveless jacket worn over a shirt (UK «waistcoat»).

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «sleeveless» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sleeveless/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.