(v) separate by passing through a sieve or other straining device to separate out coarser elements, See Also: sieve out, Syn. strain, sieve, Example:sift the flour
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English (GCIDE) v.0.53 Collaborative International Dictionary (GCIDE)
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 ]
[生物伦琴当量 / 生物倫琴當量, shēng wù lún qín dāng liàngㄕㄥ ㄨˋ ㄌㄨㄣˊ ㄑㄧㄣˊ ㄉㄤ ㄌㄧㄤˋ] rem (Röntgen equivalent man, an old unit of radiation damage now replaced by the Sievert)
[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