sieve out

1. 1.

   separate or remove

   “The customer picked over the selection”

   Synonymspick over

   Broaderchoose

Questions about sieve out

What does sieve out mean?

sieve out means "separate or remove".

What is another word for sieve out?

Close synonyms include pick over. 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 out a common word?

sieve out 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.