n. [ OE. sive, AS. sife; akin to D. zeef, zift, OHG. sib, G. sieb. √151a. Cf. Sift. ] 1. A utensil for separating the finer and coarser parts of a pulverized or granulated substance from each other. It consist of a vessel, usually shallow, with the bottom perforated, or made of hair, wire, or the like, woven in meshes. “In a sieve thrown and sifted.” Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]
2. A kind of coarse basket. Simmonds. [ 1913 Webster ]
Sieve cells (Bot.), cribriform cells. See under Cribriform. [ 1913 Webster ]
[希沃特, Xī wò tè, ㄒㄧ ㄨㄛˋ ㄊㄜˋ]Sievert (Sv), unit of radiation damage used in radiotherapy; Rolf Maximilian Sievert (1896-1966), Swedish physicist[Add to Longdo]
[ざる, zaru](n) (1) (uk) draining basket (traditionally made of bamboo); colander; strainer; sieve; (2) (abbr) (uk) (See ざる蕎麦) zaru soba (soba served on a bamboo draining basket with dipping sauce); (3) (col) (uk) strong drinker; someone who can drink like a fish[Add to Longdo]