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Synonyms for sieve
sɪvsieve
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Princeton's WordNet
sieve, screenverb
a strainer for separating lumps from powdered material or grading particles
Synonyms:
cover, silver screen, screenland, filmdom, covert, screen door, projection screen, screen, concealment, blindscreen, screen out, sieve, sortverb
examine in order to test suitability
"screen these samples"; "screen the job applicants"
Synonyms:
test, sift, assort, strain, class, riddle, classify, separate, screen, block out, sort, sort out, shield, screen outsieve, siftverb
check and sort carefully
"sift the information"
Synonyms:
screen, sort, strain, screen out, siftsift, sieve, strainverb
separate by passing through a sieve or other straining device to separate out coarser elements
"sift the flour"
Synonyms:
screen, separate out, reach, strain, filter out, tense up, stress, puree, tense, screen out, try, sift, filter, extend, strive, filtrate, sort, distort, deformsieve, siftverb
distinguish and separate out
"sift through the job candidates"
Synonyms:
screen, sort, strain, screen out, sift
Dictionary of English Synonymes
sievenoun
Synonyms:
bolt
Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words
Words popularity by usage frequency
ranking | word | |
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#388 | class | |
#502 | test | |
#684 | try | |
#846 | cover | |
#923 | sort | |
#1049 | screen | |
#1524 | filter | |
#2228 | separate | |
#2254 | reach | |
#2989 | stress | |
#4246 | blind | |
#4532 | extend | |
#6486 | shield | |
#6612 | strain | |
#11336 | strive | |
#12930 | screened | |
#16043 | tense | |
#17563 | covert | |
#19166 | classify | |
#19762 | riddle | |
#28884 | sieve | |
#32665 | distort | |
#33817 | sift | |
#39369 | strainer | |
#39704 | concealment | |
#42565 | puree | |
#49893 | dropper | |
#73784 | colander | |
#78074 | deform | |
#86202 | filtrate | |
#103440 | sieving | |
#148439 | assort |
How to use sieve in a sentence?
By changing the numbers, the Ministry of Health covers the sun with a sieve, the credibility of the statistics needs to be urgently recovered. A ministry that manipulates numbers creates a parallel world in order not to face the reality of the facts.
They consider me to have sharp and penetrating vision because I see them through the mesh of a sieve.
I pray thee cease thy counsel, Which falls into mine ears as profitless as water in a sieve.
I know the compassion of others is a relief at first. I don't despise it. But it can't quench pain, it slips through your soul as through a sieve. And when our suffering has been dragged from one pity to another, as from one mouth to another, we can no longer respect or love it.
We continue to control the southern part of the airport ... we left the new terminal because it looks like a sieve and there's simply nowhere to hide there.
Translations for sieve
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- غربالArabic
- süzgəcAzerbaijani
- рэшата, сітаBelarusian
- решето, ситоBulgarian
- sedàs, colador, garbell, filtrar, colarCatalan, Valencian
- síto, prosít, řešetoCzech
- si, sigteDanish
- Sieb, sieben, durchsiebenGerman
- κόσκινοGreek
- kribri, kribriloEsperanto
- cedazo, criba, colador, colar, cernir, tamiz, cribarSpanish
- sõelEstonian
- baheBasque
- غربال, الکPersian
- siivilä, siivilöidä, seula, seulonta, seuloaFinnish
- sasser, crible, passoire, tamiser, tamisFrench
- souwe, soujeWestern Frisian
- criatharIrish
- נפהHebrew
- rosta, szita, szűrőHungarian
- մաղArmenian
- sivoIdo
- sáldurIcelandic
- scolino, setaccioItalian
- ふるいJapanese
- საცერიGeorgian
- 체Korean
- sietasLithuanian
- sietsLatvian
- tātariMāori
- ситоMacedonian
- zeef, zevenDutch
- såld, sikt, silNorwegian
- przesiewać, sitko, sito, odcedzić, przesiać, odcedzanie, cedzićPolish
- peneira, coar, peneirar, coador, crivoPortuguese
- icharayQuechua
- sită, cerneRomanian
- решето, сито, просеивание, отсеивать, дуршлаг, просеиватьRussian
- rešeto, prosijati, сито, решето, sitoSerbo-Croatian
- rešeto, sitoSlovak
- rešêtoSlovene
- sitëAlbanian
- såll, sållningSwedish
- kichujioSwahili
- జల్లించుTelugu
- süzgeçTurkish
- решето, ситоUkrainian
- rây, rây bộtVietnamese
- passete, raidjeWalloon
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