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sieve — ► NOUN ▪ a utensil consisting of a wire or plastic mesh held in a frame, used for straining solids from liquids or separating coarser from finer particles. ► VERB 1) put through a sieve. 2) (sieve through) examine in detail. ORIGIN Old English … English terms dictionary
sieve — [sɪv] noun 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. verb 1》 put through a sieve. 2》 (sieve through) … English new terms dictionary
sieve´like´ — sieve «sihv», noun, verb, sieved, siev|ing. –n. a utensil shaped like a bowl or cup and having holes that let liquids and smaller pieces pass through, but not the larger pieces: »Shaking flour through a sieve removes lumps: We use a sieve to… … Useful english dictionary
sieve — [siv] n. [ME sive < OE sife, akin to Ger sieb < IE base * seip , to drip > SEEP] a utensil having many small meshed or perforated openings, used to strain solids from liquids, to separate fine particles of loose matter from coarser ones … English World dictionary
sieve tube — n. Bot. a longitudinal tube in the phloem of flowering plants, consisting of a connected series of individual cells (sieve cells) and serving to conduct organic food materials through the plant … English World dictionary
Sieve analysis — A sieve analysis is a practice or procedure used to assess the particle size distribution of a granular material. The size distribution is often of critical importance to the way the material performs in use. A sieve analysis can be performed on… … Wikipedia
sieve — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun ADJECTIVE ▪ fine, large VERB + SIEVE ▪ strain sth through ▪ pass sth through, press sth through, push sth through … Collocations dictionary
Sieve (category theory) — In category theory, a branch of mathematics, a sieve is a way of choosing arrows with a common codomain. It is a categorical analogue of a collection of open subsets of a fixed open set in topology. In a Grothendieck topology, certain sieves… … Wikipedia
sieve tube — noun tube formed by cells joined end to end through which nutrients flow in flowering plants and brown algae • Hypernyms: ↑vascular tissue • Part Holonyms: ↑phloem, ↑bast * * * noun : a tube consisting of an end to end series of thin walled… … Useful english dictionary
sieve — [[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… … English dictionary
