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   Sieve

   /siv/

   

   noun

   • 1. a utensil consisting of a wire or plastic mesh held in a frame, used for straining solids from liquids, for separating coarser from finer particles, or for reducing soft solids to a pulp: "puree the potatoes through a sieve"
   • ▪ used figuratively with reference to the fact that a sieve does not hold all its contents: "she's forgotten all the details already—she's got a mind like a sieve"

   verb

   • 1. put (a food substance or other material) through a sieve: "sieve the flour and sugar together in a bowl" Similar strainsiftscreenfilterriddlearchaic:boltgriddle
   • ▪ remove (unwanted items): "filters sieve large particles out of the water to prevent them from harming the pumps"
   • ▪ examine in detail: "lawyers had sieved through her contract"

   Word Origin Old Englishsife (noun), of West Germanic origin; related to Dutch zeef and German Sieb.

   Derivatives

   • 1. sieve-like adjective

   Scrabble Points: 8

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