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English Dictionary: sieve	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for sieve
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
sieve n a strainer for separating lumps from powdered material or grading particles Synonym(s): sieve, screen v examine in order to test suitability; "screen these samples"; "screen the job applicants" Synonym(s): screen, screen out, sieve, sort check and sort carefully; "sift the information" Synonym(s): sieve, sift separate by passing through a sieve or other straining device to separate out coarser elements; "sift the flour" Synonym(s): sift, sieve, strain distinguish and separate out; "sift through the job candidates" Synonym(s): sieve, sift
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Sieve \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. [bd]In a sieve thrown and sifted.[b8] --Chaucer. 2. A kind of coarse basket. --Simmonds. {Sieve cells} (Bot.), cribriform cells. See under {Cribriform}.