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sieve
Overview of noun sieve
The noun sieve has 1 sense (first 1 from tagged texts)
1. (1) sieve, screen -- (a strainer for separating lumps from powdered material or grading particles)
Overview of verb sieve
The verb sieve has 4 senses (no senses from tagged texts)
1. screen, screen out, sieve, sort -- (examine in order to test suitability; "screen these samples"; "screen the job applicants")
2. sieve, sift -- (check and sort carefully; "sift the information")
3. sift, sieve, strain -- (separate by passing through a sieve or other straining device to separate out coarser elements; "sift the flour")
4. sieve, sift -- (distinguish and separate out; "sift through the job candidates")
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun sieve
1 sense of sieve
Sense 1
sieve, screen
=> strainer
=> filter
=> device
=> instrumentality, instrumentation
=> artifact, artefact
=> whole, unit
=> object, physical object
=> physical entity
=> entity
Hyponyms of noun sieve
1 sense of sieve
Sense 1
sieve, screen
=> riddle
=> sifter
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun sieve
1 sense of sieve
Sense 1
sieve, screen
=> strainer
Antonyms of noun sieve
Member Holonyms of noun sieve
Substance Holonyms of noun sieve
Part Holonyms of noun sieve
Member Meronyms of noun sieve
Substance Meronyms of noun sieve
Part Meronyms of noun sieve
Meronyms of noun sieve
Holonyms of noun sieve
Attributes of noun sieve
Derived Forms of noun sieve
1 sense of sieve
Sense 1
sieve, screen
RELATED TO>(verb) sieve#3
=> sift, sieve, strain
RELATED TO>(verb) sift#2
=> sift, sieve, strain
Domain of noun sieve
Domain Terms of noun sieve
Familiarity of noun sieve
sieve used as a noun is very rare (polysemy count =1)
Coordinate Terms (sisters) of noun sieve
1 sense of sieve
Sense 1
sieve, screen
> strainer
=> colander, cullender
=> sieve, screen
=> tea-strainer
Meronyms of noun sieve
1 sense of sieve
Sense 1
sieve, screen
=> strainer
=> filter
=> device
=> instrumentality, instrumentation
=> artifact, artefact
=> whole, unit
HAS PART: part, portion
HAS PART: section, segment
Holonyms of noun sieve
Grep of noun sieve
sieve
sieve tube
Antonyms of verb sieve
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb sieve
4 senses of sieve
Sense 1
screen, screen out, sieve, sort
=> choose, take, select, pick out
=> decide, make up one's mind, determine
Sense 2
sieve, sift
=> analyze, analyse, study, examine, canvass, canvas
Sense 3
sift, sieve, strain
=> separate
=> change integrity
=> change
Also See> sieve out#1
Sense 4
sieve, sift
=> choose, take, select, pick out
=> decide, make up one's mind, determine
Troponyms (hyponyms) of verb sieve
1 of 4 senses of sieve
Sense 3
sift, sieve, strain
=> rice
=> resift
=> riddle, screen
=> winnow, fan
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb sieve
4 senses of sieve
Sense 1
screen, screen out, sieve, sort
=> choose, take, select, pick out
Sense 2
sieve, sift
=> analyze, analyse, study, examine, canvass, canvas
Sense 3
sift, sieve, strain
=> separate
Also See> sieve out#1
Sense 4
sieve, sift
=> choose, take, select, pick out
'Cause To' of verb sieve
Derived Forms of verb sieve
1 of 4 senses of sieve
Sense 3
sift, sieve, strain
RELATED TO>(noun) sieve#1
=> sieve, screen
Domain of verb sieve
Domain Terms of verb sieve
Familiarity of verb sieve
sieve used as a verb is uncommon (polysemy count =4)
Sample Sentences of verb sieve
4 senses of sieve
Sense 1
screen, screen out, sieve, sort
*> Somebody ----s something
*> Somebody ----s somebody
*> Something ----s somebody
*> Something ----s something
Sense 2
sieve, sift
*> Somebody ----s something
Sense 3
sift, sieve, strain
*> Somebody ----s something
*> Something ----s something
Sense 4
sieve, sift
*> Somebody ----s somebody
Coordinate Terms (sisters) of verb sieve
4 senses of sieve
Sense 1
screen, screen out, sieve, sort
> choose, take, select, pick out
=> empanel, impanel, panel
=> anoint
=> field
=> sieve, sift
=> draw
=> dial
=> plump, go
=> pick
=> elect
=> excerpt, extract, take out
=> cull out, winnow
=> cream off, skim off
=> sieve out, pick over
=> assign, specify, set apart
=> single out
=> think of
=> specify, set, determine, fix, limit
=> adopt, follow, espouse
=> screen, screen out, sieve, sort
=> vote in
=> elect
=> nominate, propose
=> vote
=> side, go with
Sense 2
sieve, sift
> analyze, analyse, study, examine, canvass, canvas
=> anatomize
=> diagnose, name
=> diagnose
=> survey, appraise
=> survey
=> compare
=> check, check up on, look into, check out, suss out, check over, go over, check into
=> assay
=> review, reexamine
=> audit, scrutinize, scrutinise, inspect
=> screen
=> trace, follow
=> investigate, look into
=> sieve, sift
=> view, consider, look at
Sense 3
sift, sieve, strain
> separate
=> decompose, break up, break down
=> dialyse, dialyze
=> peptize, peptise
=> macerate
=> tease, card
=> filter, filtrate, strain, separate out, filter out
=> extract
=> fractionate
=> fractionate
=> sift, sieve, strain
=> wash
=> avulse
Sense 4
sieve, sift
> choose, take, select, pick out
=> empanel, impanel, panel
=> anoint
=> field
=> sieve, sift
=> draw
=> dial
=> plump, go
=> pick
=> elect
=> excerpt, extract, take out
=> cull out, winnow
=> cream off, skim off
=> sieve out, pick over
=> assign, specify, set apart
=> single out
=> think of
=> specify, set, determine, fix, limit
=> adopt, follow, espouse
=> screen, screen out, sieve, sort
=> vote in
=> elect
=> nominate, propose
=> vote
=> side, go with
Synonyms (Grouped by Similarity of Meaning) of verb sieve
Sense 1
screen, screen out, sieve, sort
=> choose, take, select, pick out
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Sense 2
sieve, sift
=> analyze, analyse, study, examine, canvass, canvas
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Sense 3
sift, sieve, strain
=> separate
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Sense 4
sieve, sift
=> choose, take, select, pick out
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Grep of verb sieve
sieve
sieve out
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