About The Word Sieve
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Sieve
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What's The Definition Of Sieve?
[n] a strainer for separating lumps from powdered material or grading particles
[v] distinguish and separate out; "sift through the job candidates" [v] separate by passing through a sieve or other straining device to separate out coarser elements; "sift the flour" [v] check and sort carefully; "sift the information" [v] examine in order to test suitability; "screen these samples"; "screen the job applicants" Synonyms | Synonyms for Sieve: screen | screen | screen out | sift | sift | sort | strain Related Terms | Find terms related to Sieve: See Also | analyse | analyze | canvass | choose | choose | examine | fan | pick out | pick out | pick over | resift | rice | riddle | riddle | screen | select | select | separate | sieve out | sifter | strainer | study | take | take | winnow Sieve In Webster's Dictionary \Sieve\, n. [OE. sive, AS. sife; akin to D. zeef, zift,
OHG. sib, G. sieb. [root]151a. Cf. {Sift}.]
1. A utensil for separating the finer and coarser parts of a
pulverized or granulated substance from each other. It
consist of a vessel, usually shallow, with the bottom
perforated, or made of hair, wire, or the like, woven in
meshes. ``In a sieve thrown and sifted.'' --Chaucer.
2. A kind of coarse basket. --Simmonds.
{Sieve cells} (Bot.), cribriform cells. See under
{Cribriform}.
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