Get to know Sieve better with 10+ real example sentences, the meaning and synonyms like sift or select.
Sieve meaning
- A device with a mesh, grate, or otherwise perforated bottom to separate, in a granular material, larger particles from smaller ones, or to separate solid objects from a liquid.
- 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.
- A kind of coarse basket.
Synonyms of Sieve
Using Sieve
- The main meaning on this page is: A device with a mesh, grate, or otherwise perforated bottom to separate, in a granular material, larger particles from smaller ones, or to separate solid objects from a liquid. | 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. | A kind of coarse basket.
- Useful related words include: sift, pick out, select, take.
- In the example corpus, sieve often appears in combinations such as: sieve and, through sieve, the sieve.
Context around Sieve
- Average sentence length in these examples: 25.3 words
- Position in the sentence: 2 start, 13 middle, 5 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Sieve
- In this selection, "sieve" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 25.3 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, wallis, nylon, sudden, starts, allowing and pressing stand out and add context to how "sieve" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include in a sieve or colander and a 2mm sieve. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "sieve" sits close to words such as accrington, airfoil and airstrip, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with sieve
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Pass through a sieve and reserve in a bottle in the fridge. (12 words)
Drain, briefly wash with hot water in a sieve or colander and cover. (13 words)
In number theory, he introduced the sieve of Eratosthenes, an efficient method of identifying prime numbers. (16 words)
But for the way the Dallas offense was out of sorts, the way the defense was a sudden sieve and how the team suddenly fell apart on their once dominant home field, could be death knells for McCarthy’s tenure in Dallas. (42 words)
Coming back to the purpose, let us acknowledge that the performance management system is a sieve that allows the performers to pass through for reward and motivation, and identify poor performers for either helping up or out. (37 words)
Using a large spoon, carefully but swiftly scoop the remaining egg out of the sieve and place into a pan of simmering water (add a squeeze of to the water, if you like). (33 words)
Example sentences (20)
In the same way, u sends a sieve on an object X of C to a sieve on the object uX of D. A continuous functor sends covering sieves to covering sieves.
Wallis sieve A variation of the Sierpinski carpet, called the Wallis sieve, starts in the same way, by subdividing the unit square into nine smaller squares and removing the middle of them.
After that time, leave it to cool and then strain the mixture through a sieve into another container so the leaves and other solid material are left behind.
He was unable to play in more than half of the Denver Broncos’ games, and when he did play, he was a sieve, allowing 19 pressures in just eight starts.
In number theory, he introduced the sieve of Eratosthenes, an efficient method of identifying prime numbers.
Many people believe boiling rice and then draining it in a sieve is the correct way to cook rice.
Push the mixture through a fine nylon sieve, pressing to get all the raspberry pulp through.
To serve, mix the coffee sprinkle ingredients in a small bowl with an eighth of a teaspoon of salt, put in a sieve and dust over the chocolate pots.
Ukraine is under blistering attack, Hamas terrorists are vowing to keep on slaughtering, compelling Israel to push harder, and the southern border is a sieve.
Using a large spoon, carefully but swiftly scoop the remaining egg out of the sieve and place into a pan of simmering water (add a squeeze of to the water, if you like).
But for the way the Dallas offense was out of sorts, the way the defense was a sudden sieve and how the team suddenly fell apart on their once dominant home field, could be death knells for McCarthy’s tenure in Dallas.
Coming back to the purpose, let us acknowledge that the performance management system is a sieve that allows the performers to pass through for reward and motivation, and identify poor performers for either helping up or out.
Do not rinse them at any point, and let the potatoes rest in the sieve for 2 minutes.
Filters, on the other hand, act like a sieve and only prevent the passage of large particles, with viruses being able to pass through them without problems due to their small size.
If you can only find apricot jam, heat it first and then sieve it before making the glaze.
Pass through a sieve and reserve in a bottle in the fridge.
The plastic bags were delivered to the Actlabs preparation facility in Fredericton, New Brunswick where they were crushed to 80% passed a 2mm sieve.
This can be done by draining the leaves in a sieve or colander before patting them down with a clean tea towel or kitchen roll.
While the Kho Gaye Hum Kahan actress wowed everyone with her walk, it was the giant sieve that triggered hilarious reactions on social media.
Drain, briefly wash with hot water in a sieve or colander and cover.
Common combinations with sieve
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- sieve and 10×
- through sieve 7×
- the sieve 7×
- to sieve 6×
- in sieve 6×
- sieve on 4×
- sieve of 4×
- is sieve 4×
- wallis sieve 3×
- sieve into 3×