English to English
sieve
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noun (n)
- a strainer for separating lumps from powdered material or grading particles(noun.artifact)source: wordnet30
- 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.(noun)source: webster1913
verb (v)
- examine in order to test suitability(verb.social)source: wordnet30
- distinguish and separate out(verb.cognition)source: wordnet30