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sieve

sɪv
WordNet
Designs for empire objects such as (napkin) rings, serving cutlery and sieves. All objects are numbered.
Designs for empire objects such as (napkin) rings, serving cutlery and sieves. All objects are numbered.
  1. (v) sieve
    distinguish and separate out "sift through the job candidates"
  2. (v) sieve
    separate by passing through a sieve or other straining device to separate out coarser elements "sift the flour"
  3. (v) sieve
    check and sort carefully "sift the information"
  4. (v) sieve
    examine in order to test suitability "screen these samples","screen the job applicants"
  5. (n) sieve
    a strainer for separating lumps from powdered material or grading particles
Illustrations
Vestal Virgin Tuccia stands on the waterfront of Tiber carrying a sieve filled with water to prove her allegiance to the oath to virginity with this miracle.
Vestal Virgin Tuccia stands on the waterfront of Tiber carrying a sieve filled with water to prove her allegiance to the oath to virginity with this miracle.
Two trophies with agricultural objects such as baskets of flowers and fruit, sickles, a sieve, a ladder and a watering can.
Two trophies with agricultural objects such as baskets of flowers and fruit, sickles, a sieve, a ladder and a watering can.
Man, barefoot, with a pair of grain sieves on a strap over his shoulder. Italian fresh in the bottom margin. The print is part of an album.
Man, barefoot, with a pair of grain sieves on a strap over his shoulder. Italian fresh in the bottom margin. The print is part of an album.
Book page with a picture of a tea sorting sieve in a tea factory in Balimbingan. Part of a photo book of the General Association of Rubber Planters on the East Coast of Sumatra (AVROS).
Book page with a picture of a tea sorting sieve in a tea factory in Balimbingan. Part of a photo book of the General Association of Rubber Planters on the East Coast of Sumatra (AVROS).
Sieve made of a copper slotted spoon with holes in the form of two concentric circles and a six-pointed star. The iron stem is missing.
Sieve made of a copper slotted spoon with holes in the form of two concentric circles and a six-pointed star. The iron stem is missing.
Triptolemus, assistant to Ceres the goddess of agriculture, walks with a sieve and a flail to a barn. A dragon is standing next to him.
Triptolemus, assistant to Ceres the goddess of agriculture, walks with a sieve and a flail to a barn. A dragon is standing next to him.
Cooking is done in the open air. Grain is ground and sieved. The grain is then cooked into a porridge in a large pan on a fire. A man kindles the fire.
Cooking is done in the open air. Grain is ground and sieved. The grain is then cooked into a porridge in a large pan on a fire. A man kindles the fire.
With the help of the Republic, Petrus Codde shakes a large sieve held by the hand of God from which monks fall and into which Jansenists remain, 1705. Sheet no. 5 in the series of 13 sheets with cartoons of the Jesuits entitled Roma Pertubata, 1707. Part of the print published under the collective title 't Lust-Hof van Momus with the bundled series of cartoons during the years 1701-1713 of the War of the Spanish Succession.
With the help of the Republic, Petrus Codde shakes a large sieve held by the hand of God from which monks fall and into which Jansenists remain, 1705. Sheet no. 5 in the series of 13 sheets with cartoons of the Jesuits entitled Roma Pertubata, 1707. Part of the print published under the collective title 't Lust-Hof van Momus with the bundled series of cartoons during the years 1701-1713 of the War of the Spanish Succession.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
  1. Sieve
    A kind of coarse basket.
  2. Sieve
    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."
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  1. (n) sieve
    An instrument for separating the finer from the coarser parts of disintegrated matter, by shaking it so as to force the former through meshes too small for the latter to pass. Sieves are made in many forms for a great variety of uses. See hair-siere, scarce, screen, bolting-cloth, etc.
  2. (n) sieve
    Something for other use shaped like or in some way resembling the common circular sieve. A basket of coarsely plaited straw or the like, so called because it is made with many small meshes or openings: locally used as a measure, about a bushel.
  3. (n) sieve
    A wide sheepskin-covered hoop used in some localities for holding wool.
  4. (n) sieve
    In calico-printing, a cloth extending over a vat which contains the color.
  5. (n) sieve
    Figuratively, a thing which lacks closeness of texture, or a person who lacks closeness of disposition; especially, a very frank or free-spoken person; one who lets out all that he knows.
  6. sieve
    To cause the finer parts of to pass through or as if through a sieve; sift.
Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary
  1. (n) Sieve
    siv a vessel with a bottom of woven hair or wire to separate the fine part of anything from the coarse: a person who cannot keep a secret
  2. (v.t) Sieve
    to put through a sieve: to sift
Idioms

Memory like a sieve - If somebody can't retain things for long in his or her memory and quickly forgets, he or she has a memory like a sieve. A sieve has lots of tiny holes in it to let liquids out while keeping the solids inside.

Etymology

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary OE. sive, AS. sife,; akin to D. zeef, zift, OHG. sib, G. sieb,. √151a. Cf. Sift

Usage in the news

It is similar in this regard to sieve size analysis, which also selects directly based on size. ceramicindustry.com

NMU and GVSU defenses are great big sieves . miningjournal.net

Where can I find a quality seed sieve that doesn't cost me an arm and a leg. motherearthnews.com

For some seeds, your kitchen colander may be helpful as a sieve . motherearthnews.com

Ultrasonic Sieving in the Powder Coating Industry. powderbulksolids.com

Sieve holds nanoparticles, acts as solar absorber. rdmag.com

Alternately, push the berries through a sieve, collecting the juice. hsv.com

Revision of D1140 - 00(2006) Standard Test Methods for Amount of Material in Soils Finer than No 200 (75-?m) Sieve. astm.org

1/4 cup apricot preserves, pressed through sieve to remove lumps. ifr.com

Spring- Mounted Grading Sieve with Stainless Steel Base. powderbulksolids.com

Retsch's newest edition of "The Sample," Issue No 22, includes articles written by its customers on various topics, as well as information on new Retsch products, including EasySieve(R) software for sieve analysis. ceramicindustry.com

Ifyou get lumps in your gravy, strain it through afine sieve. rachaelraymag.com

A sieve or laser analysis of the particle sizes in a sand. spe.org

Gently scoop your powder mixture into a sieve positioned over an empty mixing bowl. readymademag.com

Sieve shaker offers features such as compact size, a digital timer for increased accuracy and repeatability, and direct inline tapping. ceramicindustry.com

Usage in scientific papers

Let E be a category, a sieve is a subclass R of the class of ob jects Ob(E ) of E such that if f : X → Y is a map of E , such that Y ∈ R, then X ∈ R.
Non abelian cohomology: the point of view of gerbed tower

Let C be a category, a sieve on X is a subclass R of the class Ob(C ) of ob jects of C such that for every map m : Y ′ → Y such that Y is in R, Y ′ is also in R.
Geometric structures on fields

A topology on C is an application which assigns to each ob ject S a non empty subclass J (S ) of the class of sieves over S , such that For every map f : T → S , and every sieve R of J (S ), Rf is a sieve of J (T ), (here f is considered as a morphism between the categories CT and CS .
Geometric structures on fields

The Bernoulli sieve can be seen as a generalisation of the ‘game’ found in .
Bernoulli Sieve

Within this more general setting the Bernoulli sieve composition may be seen as discretisation of a subordinator with finite L´evy measure and zero drift.
Bernoulli Sieve

Usage in literature

The canvas tarpaulin began to leak like a sieve and most of the wounded were cold and drenched to the skin. "With Our Soldiers in France" by Sherwood Eddy

A wide earthen pan is filled with fresh sand which has been passed through a sieve. "Social Life in the Insect World" by J. H. Fabre

Rub through a sieve and return to the fire, when heated through again add one cupful of cream. "Good Things to Eat as Suggested by Rufus" by Rufus Estes

Strain through a sieve and serve hot. "How to Cook Fish" by Olive Green

In the others there was so much that it was said they gather it with sieves, and they fuse it and make bars, and work it in a thousand ways. "The Northmen, Columbus and Cabot, 985-1503" by Various

Hold this sieve, and you will look like a woman. "One Hundred Merrie And Delightsome Stories" by Various

It is pouring water into a sieve. "The Danvers Jewels, and Sir Charles Danvers" by Mary Cholmondeley

The size of the grains is determined by sieves, made by piercing round holes in thin plates of brass. "Ordnance Instructions for the United States Navy." by Bureau of Ordnance, USN

This machine with its shaking sieves and blast of air makes a great clatter and fuss. "Cocoa and Chocolate" by Arthur W. Knapp

Dry the coral thoroughly, after which it may be passed readily through a sieve. "Salads, Sandwiches and Chafing-Dish Dainties" by Janet McKenzie Hill

Usage in poetry
They ask us how to live!
We answer: Again try
Being the drops we sieve.
What death it is to die!
"To The Romantic Traditionists" by Allen Tate
When tomorrow pleads the mortal decision
Sifting rankly out of time's sieve today,
No words differently will be uttered
Nor stuttered, like sheep astray.
"A Pauper" by Allen Tate
The forest's erewhile emperor at eve
Had voice when lowered heavens drummed for gales.
At midnight a small people danced the dales,
So thin that they might dwindle through a sieve
"Forest History" by George Meredith Author object (1834)
"And who are they," I question'd, "that receive
This boon of His high grace?" and he replied,
"The firm in heart, who have the power to sieve
The restless day, and cast its dregs aside.
"The Two Watchwords" by Alexander Anderson
The summer breezes lightly lift
The clustered flowers oppressed with rain,
Which fleecy cloud-sieves downward sift,--
It falls on Lilly's form in vain:
Sweet Lilly, come again,
Sweet Lilly, come again.
"Lilly: A Poem" by James Avis Bartley
See every earthly thing your life is woven round,
Fall, drop by drop, until your heart is sieved!
Go mad and writhe, and moan upon the ground,
And curse, and die, and say that you have prayed and lived!
"Consolance" by Madge Morris Wagner