sieve

Object

• flour: Beat the eggs, gradually adding a little of the sieved flour toward the end to prevent the cake batter curdling.
• compost: Then cover this layer with sieved compost, up to the rim of the tray.
• sugar: Roll out half the marzipan on a surface lightly dusted with sieved icing sugar into a round to fit the top of the cake.
• soil: Once soil and artifacts have been excavated, we have a team who sieve the soil in order to retrieve finds.
• ingredient: Sieve the dry ingredients, make a well in the center & gradualy beat in the liquid from the saucepan & the beaten egg.
• sample: An alternative is to sieve the sample through a fine nylon mesh.

Preposition: into

• saucepan: Strain the liquid through a sieve into a small saucepan.
• bowl: Rub the tomatoes through a sieve into a bowl.

Adjective modifier

• molecular: The molecular sieve with very large surface area accumulates water molecules from the gas stream.
• fine: Strain through a fine sieve into a jug or bowl.

Modifies a noun

• flour: Sieve flour, baking powder and salt into a bowl.
• analysis: Samples are transported back to the laboratory for sieve analysis in this fashion.
• element: There are sieve elements found in phloem tissue which actually transport the substances around the plant.

Noun used with modifier

• micron: It is then washed through a 75 micron sieve using hot water.
• nylon: Push through a nylon sieve to remove the pips.
• hair: Strain through a very fine hair sieve into a clean barrel.
• kitchen: The new device, called a racquet, is made of a kitchen sieve with a handle built on.
• garden: I was fishing about trying to locate them, with the aid of a small plastic garden sieve.
• test: At every stage of manufacture each test sieve is individually inspected by optical projection including the very latest computer based optical measuring equipment.

Infinitive complement

• remove: First the slurry was sieved to remove any debris washed out of the scrap steel.