sieve

1. 1.

   a strainer for separating lumps from powdered material or grading particles

   Synonymsscreen

   Broaderstrainer

   Narrowerriddlesifter

Other forms of sieve

plural

sieves·

past tense

sieved·

present participle

sieving·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about sieve

What does sieve mean?

sieve means "examine in order to test suitability". That is the primary sense; the word has 5 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in sieve?

sieve has 1 syllable: sieve. In IPA it is /ˈsɪv/.

What is another word for sieve?

Close synonyms include screen, screen out, sort, sift, sift. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is sieve a common word?

sieve is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.