| NOUN | artifact | sieve, screen | a strainer for separating lumps from powdered material or grading particles |
|---|---|---|---|
| VERB | social | sieve, screen, screen out, sort | examine in order to test suitability |
| contact | sieve, sift | check and sort carefully | |
| contact | sieve, sift, strain | separate by passing through a sieve or other straining device to separate out coarser elements | |
| cognition | sieve, sift | distinguish and separate out |
| Sounds | sih'v | |
|---|---|---|
| Rhymes | abortive ... vituperative: 304 rhymes with ihv... | |
| Meaning | A strainer for separating lumps from powdered material or grading particles. | |
|---|---|---|
| Synonym | screen | |
| Narrower | riddle | A coarse sieve (as for gravel) |
| sifter | A household sieve (as for flour) | |
| Broader | strainer | A filter to retain larger / larger pieces while smaller pieces and liquids / liquids pass through |
| Spanish | cedazo, colador, pantalla, tamizado, tamiz, zaranda | |
| Catalan | colador, garbell, pantalla, sedàs, tamís | |
| Verbs | sift, sieve | separate by passing through a sieve or other straining device to separate out coarser elements |
| Meaning | Examine in order to test suitability. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody; Something ----s somebody; Something ----s something | |
| Synonyms | screen, screen out, sort | |
| Broader | choose, take, select, pick out | pick out, select, or choose from a number of alternatives |
| Spanish | cribar, ordenar, tamizar | |
| Meaning | check and sort carefully. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
| Synonym | sift | |
| Broader | analyze, analyse, study, examine, canvass | Consider in detail and subject to an analysis in order to discover essential features or meaning / meaning |
| Meaning | separate by passing through a sieve or other straining device to separate out coarser elements. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something | |
| Synonyms | sift, strain | |
| Narrower | resift | sift anew |
| rice | sieve so that it becomes the consistency of rice | |
| riddle, screen | separate with a riddle, as grain from chaff | |
| winnow | separate the chaff from by using air currents | |
| Broader | separate | divide into components or constituents |
| See also | sieve out | separate or remove |
| Spanish | cerner, cernir, colar, separar, tamizar | |
| Catalan | barutellar, colar, tamisar | |
| Nouns | sieve | a strainer for separating lumps from powdered material or grading particles |
| Meaning | distinguish and separate out. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s somebody | |
| Synonym | sift | |
| Broader | choose, take, select, pick out | pick out, select, or choose from a number of alternatives |
| Spanish | colar, cribar | |
| Catalan | colar | |
©2001-25 · HyperDic hyper-dictionary · Contact
English |
Spanish |
Catalan
Privacy |
Robots