Definitions for sieve

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Spelling: [siv]

IPA: /sɪv/

Sieve is a 5 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 8 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 9 points.

You can make 32 anagrams from letters in sieve (eeisv).

Definitions for sieve

noun

1. an instrument with a meshed or perforated bottom, used for separating coarse from fine parts of loose matter, for straining liquids, etc., especially one with a circular frame and fine meshes or perforations.
2. a person who cannot keep a secret.

verb (used with or without object)

1. to put or force through a sieve; sift.

Origin of sieve

before 900; Middle English sive, Old English sife; cognate with Dutch zeef, German Sieb; akin to sift

Examples for sieve

Pass the juices through a sieve into a bowl to remove the seeds.

Let it stand twenty-four hours, and then strain it through a sieve.

Then strain the liquor through a sieve, and put it into a kettle or stew-pan.

If you find your pumpkin to have too much water after you cook the flesh, strain it in a sieve or cheesecloth.

Press the mixture into a sieve with the back of the spoon to squeeze out the liquid then add 1tsp of honey.

Put the oysters into a sieve, and set it on a pan to drain the liquor from them.

Then take them off, put them into a sieve, and strain off the liquid.

Strain through a chinoise (a sieve with extremely fine mesh) and let cool.

The rain, as if falling through a sieve, immediately disappears.

For years, Greece has been a sieve for irregular migrants who want to make their way to Europe.