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Sieve Meaning & Definition
Sieve Definition And Meaning

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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