Found 3 items, similar to sieve.
English → Indonesian (quick) Definition: sieve ayak, ayakan
English → English (WordNet) Definition: sieve sieve n : a strainer for separating lumps from powdered material or grading particles [syn: screen] sieve v 1: examine in order to test suitability; “screen these samples”; “screen the job applicants” [syn: screen, screen out , sort] 2: check and sort carefully; “sift the information” [syn: sift] 3: separate by passing through a sieve or other straining device to separate out coarser elements; “sift the flour” [syn: sift, strain] 4: distinguish and separate out; “sift through the job candidates” [syn: sift]
English → English (gcide) Definition: Sieve Sieve \Sieve\, n. [OE. sive, AS. sife; akin to D. zeef, zift, OHG. sib, G. sieb. [root]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]