Synonym: screen, screen out, sift, sort, strain. Similar words: achieve, relieve, believe, reprieve, relieved, believe in, aggrieved, achievement. Meaning: [sɪv] 
n. a strainer for separating lumps from powdered material or grading particles. v. 1. examine in order to test suitability 2. check and sort carefully 3. separate by passing through a sieve or other straining device to separate out coarser elements 4. distinguish and separate out.
n. a strainer for separating lumps from powdered material or grading particles. v. 1. examine in order to test suitability 2. check and sort carefully 3. separate by passing through a sieve or other straining device to separate out coarser elements 4. distinguish and separate out. 
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1. Draw water with a sieve.
2. Empty the contents of the pan into the sieve.
3. Pass the sauce through a sieve to remove any lumps.
4. Press the raspberries through a fine sieve to form a puree.
5. Wash the rice in a sieve under cold running water.
6. She drained the water out through a sieve.
7. Sieve the flour and cocoa powder into a bowl.
8. Sieve the flour into a bowl.
9. We often shake flour through a sieve.
10. Strain the cream through a fine sieve into the egg mixture.
11. Cream the margarine in a small bowl[sentencedict.com/sieve.html], then sieve the icing sugar into it.
12. Put the flour through a sieve to sift out the lumps.
13. Press the apricot jam through a sieve and stir in one tablespoon of cold water.
14. To make the pastry, sieve the flour and salt into a mixing bowl.
15. Strain the stock through a fine strainer or sieve.
16. Strain through a wire mesh sieve.
17. Strain the sauce through a sieve.
18. Stone the prunes, sieve them, with any remaining juice.
19. Pour pan contents into heatproof sieve over a bowl.
20. Liquidise the soup and then sieve it.
21. Melt jam, sieve and brush over the strawberries.
22. Now place a sieve over a big bowl.
23. Morland Place leaked like a sieve.
24. Strain marinade through a fine sieve, reserving onions and marinating juices separately.
25. Drain in a sieve, reserving any juices. Lay the slices in the bottom of the cake tin.
26. She's got a mind like a sieve, you know that.
27. Force chilies through a food mill or sieve, straining out seeds and skins.
28. Liquidise or sieve half the soup and return it to the pot with the remainder.
29. His routine work is to rub the coal through a sieve.
30. Strain the juice through a piece of gauze or a sieve.
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