Sieve

Noun

 * 1) A device to separate larger objects from smaller objects, or to separate solid objects from a liquid.
 * Use the sieve to get the water from the pasta.
 * 1) A process, physical or abstract, that arrives at a final result by filtering out unwanted pieces of input from a larger starting set of input.
 * Given a list of consecutive numbers starting at 1, the Sieve of Eratosthenes algorithm will find all of the prime numbers.

Derived terms

 * have a mind like a sieve, have a memory like a sieve

Verb

 * 1) To strain, sift or sort using a sieve.

Adjectives for Sieve
meshed; trembling; captious.

Verbs for Sieve
—niters; —purges; —refines; —separates; —sifts: —sorts' —strains; —winnows.

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

Etymology
From sife:,. Akin to German Sieb, Dutch zeef, *undefined: (Russian, , ).

Noun

 * Albanian: sitë
 * Asturian: peñera
 * Basque: bahe
 * Bosnian: ,
 * Catalan: sedàs
 * Chinese: 篩子, 筛子
 * Croatian: ,
 * Czech:
 * Danish:, sigte
 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto: kribrilo
 * Finnish: ,
 * French: ,
 * German:
 * Greek: κόσκινο (kóskino)
 * Hebrew:
 * Hungarian:, ,
 * Ido: sivo
 * Italian:, scolino


 * Japanese:
 * Korean: 체 (che)
 * Latvian: siets
 * Luhya:
 * Meru:
 * Norwegian: sikt, såld, sil
 * Polish: ,
 * Portuguese: ,
 * Romanian: sită
 * Russian:, , дуршлаг
 * Serbian:
 * Cyrillic: сито, решето
 * Roman: sito, rešeto
 * Spanish: tamiz (for solids), colador  (for liquids)
 * Swahili:
 * Swedish:
 * Turkish:
 * West Frisian: souwe


 * Czech:
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * Polish:


 * Portuguese:
 * Russian: просеивание
 * Swedish: sållning

Verb

 * Catalan: ,
 * Croatian: prosijati
 * Czech: prosít
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish: ,
 * French: ,
 * German: sieben, durchsieben


 * Polish: przesiać, przesiewać
 * Portuguese: ,
 * Russian: просеивать, отсеивать
 * Spanish:
 * Telugu: జల్లించు (jallinchu)
 * West Frisian: souje, souwe


 * : sikte, sålde
 * : cribar, cernir (for solids), colar (for liquids)
 * : sita
 * : сито (noun)