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sieve
[ siv ]
noun
- an instrument with a meshed or perforated bottom, used for separating coarse from fine parts of loose matter, for straining liquids, etc., especially one with a circular frame and fine meshes or perforations.
- a person who cannot keep a secret.
verb (used with or without object)
- to put or force through a sieve; sift.
sieve
/ sɪv /
noun
- a device for separating lumps from powdered material, straining liquids, grading particles, etc, consisting of a container with a mesh or perforated bottom through which the material is shaken or poured
- rare.a person who gossips and spreads secrets
- memory like a sieve or head like a sievea very poor memory
verb
- to pass or cause to pass through a sieve
- troften foll byout to separate or remove (lumps, materials, etc) by use of a sieve
Derived Forms
- ˈsieveˌlike, adjective
Other Words From
- sievelike adjective
- un·sieved adjective
Word History and Origins
Word History and Origins
Origin of sieve1
Example Sentences
Next to it, a car was perforated with bullet holes like a makeshift sieve.
Press the mixture into a sieve with the back of the spoon to squeeze out the liquid then add 1tsp of honey.
If you find your pumpkin to have too much water after you cook the flesh, strain it in a sieve or cheesecloth.
Pass through a fine-meshed sieve, season with salt and pepper, and reserve, chilled.
For years, Greece has been a sieve for irregular migrants who want to make their way to Europe.
"I remember seeing an old broken sieve around the ranch house somewhere," Grace suggested helpfully.
In his brain the ideas performed their evolutions with the rapidity of hollow straws around a sieve.
Do you know what clays it sinks through, as if they were a sieve, and what stops it like an iron door?
Take some more tongue, pound and pass it through a sieve and mix it with the forcemeat.
Reduce and simmer till it is thick, then pass through a sieve, and take it off the fire before it boils.
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