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Definition of Sieve
1. Verb. Examine in order to test suitability. "Screen the job applicants"
Generic synonyms: Choose, Pick Out, Select, Take
Derivative terms: Screener, Screening, Sort
2. Noun. A strainer for separating lumps from powdered material or grading particles.
Specialized synonyms: Riddle, Sifter
Generic synonyms: Strainer
Derivative terms: Screen, Sift
3. Verb. Check and sort carefully. "Sift the information"
4. Verb. Separate by passing through a sieve or other straining device to separate out coarser elements. "Sift the flour"
Generic synonyms: Separate
Specialized synonyms: Rice, Resift, Riddle, Screen, Fan, Winnow
Also: Sieve Out
Derivative terms: Sifter, Sifting, Strainer
5. Verb. Distinguish and separate out. "Sift through the job candidates"
Definition of Sieve
1. n. 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.
Definition of Sieve
1. Noun. A device to separate larger objects from smaller objects, or to separate solid objects from a liquid. ¹
2. Noun. A process, physical or abstract, that arrives at a final result by filtering out unwanted pieces of input from a larger starting set of input. ¹
3. Verb. To strain, sift or sort using a sieve. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Sieve
1. to pass through a sieve (a utensil for separating the coarse parts from the fine parts of loose matter) [v SIEVED, SIEVING, SIEVES]
Medical Definition of Sieve
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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."
2. A kind of coarse basket.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Sieve
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