Meaning of SIEVE
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- [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"
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| | Synonyms: | | screen, screen, screen out, sift, sift, sort, strain |
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| | 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 | |
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| | Definition: | | \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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