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The definition of a sieve is a utensil with tight wire mesh that you can use to strain things.

(noun)

A kitchen strainer with tight wire mesh that strains the pulp out of orange juice is an example of a sieve.
A person who doesn't return what he learns is an example of someone who may be described as having a mind like a sieve.

To sieve is to pour something through a strainer or to examine something carefully, focusing on every detail.

(verb)

When you strain the pulp out of orange juice, this is an example of a time when you sieve.

See sieve in Webster's New World College Dictionary

noun

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, etc.; sifter; strainer

Origin: ME sive < OE sife, akin to Ger sieb < IE base *seip-, to drip > seep

transitive verb, intransitive verb sieved, sieving

to put or pass through a sieve; sift

See sieve in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun

A utensil of wire mesh or closely perforated metal, used for straining, sifting, ricing, or puréeing.

verb sieved sieved, siev·ing, sieves

verb, transitive

To pass through a sieve.

verb, intransitive

To use a sieve; sift.

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