Synonyms for sieve
sɪvsieve

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1. 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, blind

2. screen, 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 out

3. sieve, siftverb

   check and sort carefully

   "sift the information"

   Synonyms:
   screen, sort, strain, screen out, sift

4. sift, 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, deform

5. sieve, siftverb

   distinguish and separate out

   "sift through the job candidates"

   Synonyms:
   screen, sort, strain, screen out, sift

Matched Categories

1. • Examine
   • Select
   • Separate

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1. sievenoun

   Synonyms:
   bolt

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1. sievenoun

   Synonyms:
   strainer, sifter, bolt, bolter, riddle, tammis, tammy

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1. List of paraphrases for "sieve":

   colander, strainer, sieving, dropper, screened, screen

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How to use sieve in a sentence?

1. Trey Gowdy:

   Adam Schiff leaks like a sieve.

2. Kahlil Gibran:

   They consider me to have sharp and penetrating vision because I see them through the mesh of a sieve.

3. Vladislav Seleznyov:

   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.

4. William Shakespeare:

   I pray thee cease thy counsel, Which falls into mine ears as profitless as water in a sieve.

5. Ron DeSantis:

   I can tell you in four years, you did n’t see our administration leaking like a sieve, you did n’t see a lot of drama or palace intrigue, what you saw was surgical, precision execution. Day after day after day. And because we did that, we beat the left day after day after day.