Definisjon av sieve

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Noun

sieve - a strainer for separating lumps from powdered material or grading particles
screen
strainer a filter to retain larger pieces while smaller pieces and liquids pass through
riddle a coarse sieve (as for gravel)
sifter a household sieve (as for flour)

Verb

sieve - distinguish and separate out; "sift through the job candidates"
sift
select, pick out, choose, take pick out, select, or choose from a number of alternatives; "Take any one of these cards"; "Choose a good husband for your daughter"; "She selected a pair of shoes from among the dozen the salesgirl had shown her"
sieve - check and sort carefully; "sift the information"
sift
canvass, analyse, analyze, canvas, examine, study solicit votes from potential voters in an electoral campaign
sieve - separate by passing through a sieve or other straining device to separate out coarser elements; "sift the flour"
sift, strain
separate divide into components or constituents; "Separate the wheat from the chaff"
pick over, sieve out separate or remove; "The customer picked over the selection"
rice sieve so that it becomes the consistency of rice; "rice the potatoes"
resift sift anew
riddle, screen set a difficult problem or riddle; "riddle me a riddle"
fan, winnow make (an emotion) fiercer; "fan hatred"
sieve - examine in order to test suitability; "screen these samples"; "screen the job applicants"
screen, screen out, sort
select, pick out, choose, take pick out, select, or choose from a number of alternatives; "Take any one of these cards"; "Choose a good husband for your daughter"; "She selected a pair of shoes from among the dozen the salesgirl had shown her"
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Substantiv

sieve - A device to separate larger objects from smaller objects, or to separate solid objects from a liquid.
sieve - 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.

Verb

sieve - To strain, sift or sort using a sieve.

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  • A sieve, or sifter, separates wanted elements from unwanted material using a filter such as a mesh or net. However, in cooking, especially with flour, a sifter is used to aerate the substance, among other things. A strainer is a type of sieve typically used to separate a solid from a liquid.

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  • sieve
    To separate by passing through a sieve or other straining device to separate out coarser elements.
  • sieve
    A device to separate coarse elements from fine elements or solid objects from a liquid.
  • sieve
    A sieve with a finely meshed or perforated bottom to separate small particles from smaller particles or a liquid.

Verb

  • Infinitiv: (to) sieve
  • Presens: sieve / sieves
  • Preteritum: sieved
  • Perfektum: (have) sieved

Substantiv

  • Entall: sieve
  • Flertall: sieves

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