Sieve
11sieve — index screen (select), sort Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …
12sieve — a device for separating solids from liquids, is spelt ie , and pronounced siv …
13Sieve — In general, a sieve separates wanted/desired elements from unwanted material using a tool such as a mesh, net or other filtration or distillation methods, but it is also used for classification of powders by particle size, or for size measurement …
14sieve — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. riddle, colander, sifter, screen, strainer, bolter. See opening. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. strainer, sifter, colander, screen, bolt, bolting cloth, mesh, searce, hair sieve, drum sieve, flat sieve,… …
15sieve — 1. a traditional measure of the fineness of a wire screen (such as the screening used in a sieve). Higher sieve numbers correspond to finer screens. In The U.S., 10 sieve fabric has openings of 2 millimeters; 100 sieve has openings of 0.15… …
16sieve — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun ADJECTIVE ▪ fine, large VERB + SIEVE ▪ strain sth through ▪ pass sth through, press sth through, push sth through …
17sieve — {{11}}sieve (n.) O.E. sife sieve, from P.Gmc. *sibi (Cf. M.Du. seve, Du. zeef, O.H.G. sib, Ger. Sieb), of unknown origin. Related to SIFT (Cf. sift). Sieve and shears formerly were used in divinations. {{12}}sieve (v.) late 15c., from SIEVE (Cf.… …
18sieve — I UK [sɪv] / US noun [countable] Word forms sieve : singular sieve plural sieves an object that you pour a liquid or mixture through to remove the solid or largest pieces. It consists of a net of very thin wires on a metal or plastic ring. • a… …
19sieve — [[t]sɪ̱v[/t]] sieves, sieving, sieved 1) N COUNT A sieve is a tool used for separating solids from liquids or larger pieces of something from smaller pieces. It consists of a metal or plastic ring with a wire or plastic net underneath, which the… …
20sieve — 1 noun (C) 1 a) a round wire kitchen tool with a lot of small holes, used for separating solid food from liquid or small pieces of food from large pieces b) a round wire tool for separating small objects from large objects 2 have a memory like a… …
