nounπShareA device with a mesh bottom to separate, in a granular material, larger particles from smaller ones, or to separate solid objects from a liquid."Use the sieve to get the pasta from the water."utensiltechnologydevicematerialChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
nounπShareA process, physical or abstract, that arrives at a final result by filtering out unwanted pieces of input from a larger starting set of input."Given a list of consecutive numbers starting at 1, the Sieve of Eratosthenes algorithm will find all of the prime numbers."processutensilitemmachineChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
nounπShareA kind of coarse basket."The farmer used a sieve to separate the good wheat from the chaff. "utensilitemChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
nounπShareA person, or their mind, that cannot remember things or is unable to keep secrets."My sister is a sieve; she can't seem to remember what homework she needs to do tonight. "personmindcharacterChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
nounπShareA collection of morphisms in a category whose codomain is a certain fixed object of that category, which collection is closed under pre-composition by any morphism in the category."The set of all possible paths from different students to the school library forms a sieve, where the library is the fixed codomain. "mathlogicsystemChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verbπShareTo strain, sift or sort using a sieve."The baker will sieve the flour to remove any lumps before making the cake. "utensilfoodprocessChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verbπShareTo concede; let in"The teacher had to sieve some of the students' concerns into the lesson plan. "organizationbusinessChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
