Hypertext Webster Gateway: "sieve"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Sieve \Sieve\, n. [OE. sive, AS. sife; akin to D. zeef, zift,
OHG. sib, G. sieb. [root]151a. Cf. {Sift}.]
1. 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.'' --Chaucer.
2. A kind of coarse basket. --Simmonds.
{Sieve cells} (Bot.), cribriform cells. See under
{Cribriform}.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
sieve
n : a strainer for separating lumps from powdered material or
grading particles [syn: {screen}]
v 1: examine in order to test suitability; "screen these
samples"; "screen the job applicants" [syn: {screen}, {screen
out}, {sort}]
2: check and sort carefully; "sift the information" [syn: {sift}]
3: separate by passing through a sieve or other straining
device to separate out coarser elements; "sift the flour"
[syn: {sift}, {strain}]
4: distinguish and separate out; "sift through the job
candidates" [syn: {sift}]
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