'Sieve' definitions:
Definition of 'sieve'
From: WordNet
noun
A strainer for separating lumps from powdered material or grading particles [syn: sieve, screen]
verb
Examine in order to test suitability; "screen these samples"; "screen the job applicants" [syn: screen, screen out, sieve, sort]
verb
Check and sort carefully; "sift the information" [syn: sieve, sift]
verb
Separate by passing through a sieve or other straining device to separate out coarser elements; "sift the flour" [syn: sift, sieve, strain]
verb
Distinguish and separate out; "sift through the job candidates" [syn: sieve, sift]
Definition of 'Sieve'
From: GCIDE
- 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. "In a sieve thrown and sifted." --Chaucer. [1913 Webster]
- 2. A kind of coarse basket. --Simmonds. [1913 Webster]
- Sieve cells (Bot.), cribriform cells. See under Cribriform. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'sieve'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- analyze,
- analyzer,
- arabesque,
- assort,
- basketry,
- basketwork,
- bolt,
- bolter,
- breaker,
- cancellation,
- categorize,
- centrifuge,
- clack,
- clarifier,
- clarify,
- classify,
- clear,
- colander,
- collate,
- contradistinguish,
- cordon,
- cordon off,
- cradle,
- cribble,
- cribriformity,
- cribrosity,
- cross-hatching,
- crossing-out,
- cull out,
- cutter,
- decrassify,
- demarcate,
- demark,
- depurate,
- differentiate,
- discriminate,
- distill,
- distinguish,
- divide,
- draw the line,
- edulcorate,
- elute,
- essentialize,
- extract,
- filigree,
- filter,
- filtrate,
- fret,
- fretwork,
- ghettoize,
- gin,
- gossiper,
- gradate,
- grade,
- grate,
- grating,
- grid,
- gridiron,
- grille,
- grillwork,
- group,
- hachure,
- hatching,
- honeycomb,
- insulate,
- interlacement,
- intertexture,
- intertwinement,
- isolate,
- keep apart,
- keep aside,
- lace,
- lacery,
- lacework,
- lacing,
- lattice,
- latticework,
- lay aside,
- leach,
- lixiviate,
- lixiviator,
- mark the interface,
- mesh,
- meshes,
- meshwork,
- net,
- netting,
- network,
- percolate,
- percolator,
- pick out,
- plexure,
- plexus,
- porosity,
- porousness,
- purifier,
- purify,
- put aside,
- quarantine,
- quidnunc,
- raddle,
- rank,
- rectify,
- refine,
- refiner,
- refinery,
- reticle,
- reticulation,
- reticule,
- reticulum,
- riddle,
- rocker,
- rumormonger,
- scandalmonger,
- screen,
- screen out,
- screening,
- seclude,
- segregate,
- select,
- separate,
- separator,
- set a limit,
- set apart,
- set aside,
- set off,
- sever,
- severalize,
- sieve out,
- sievelikeness,
- sift,
- sift out,
- sifter,
- size,
- sort,
- sort out,
- sorter,
- spiritualize,
- split hairs,
- sponge,
- strain,
- strainer,
- stripper,
- subdivide,
- sublimate,
- sublime,
- subordinate,
- subtilize,
- tabby,
- talebearer,
- texture,
- thrash,
- thresh,
- tissue,
- tracery,
- trellis,
- trelliswork,
- try,
- wattle,
- weave,
- weaving,
- web,
- webbing,
- webwork,
- weft,
- wicker,
- wickerwork,
- winnow,
- winnowing basket,
- winnowing fan,
- winnowing machine