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sieve

noun · verb · 13 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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Pronunciation

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  • /sɪv/
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  • rhymes with -ɪv
  • homophone: civ
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1

noun

Meaning 1

A device with a mesh, grate, or otherwise perforated bottom to separate, in a granular material, larger particles from smaller ones, or to separate solid objects from a liquid.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • Near-synonyms: sifter, strainer, temse
  • Use the sieve to get the pasta from the water.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: sifter, strainer, temse

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

A process, physical or abstract, that arrives at a final result by filtering out unwanted pieces of input from a larger starting set of input.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • Given a list of consecutive numbers starting at 1, the Sieve of Eratosthenes algorithm will find all of the prime numbers.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

A kind of coarse basket.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: obsolete

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

noun

Meaning 4

A person, or their mind, that cannot remember things or is unable to keep secrets.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: colloquial

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

5

noun

Meaning 5

An intern who lets too many non-serious cases into the emergency room.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: derogatory, slang

Topics: medicine, sciences

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

6

noun

Meaning 6

A collection of morphisms in a category whose codomain is a certain fixed object of that category, which collection is closed under precomposition by any morphism in the category.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: category-theory, computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

7

verb

Meaning 7

To strain, sift or sort using a sieve.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: transitive

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: screen

Antonyms: none provided

8

verb

Meaning 8

To concede; to let in.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: transitive

Topics: hobbies, lifestyle, sports

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

9

noun

Meaning 9

a strainer for separating lumps from powdered material or grading particles

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: screen

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: strainer

Narrower terms: riddle, sifter

10

verb

Meaning 10

distinguish and separate out

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • sift through the job candidates

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: sift

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: choose, take, select, pick out

11

verb

Meaning 11

separate by passing through a sieve or other straining device to separate out coarser elements

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • sift the flour

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: sift, strain

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: separate

Narrower terms: rice, resift, riddle, screen, winnow, fan

12

verb

Meaning 12

check and sort carefully

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • sift the information

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: sift

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: analyze, analyse, study, examine, canvass, canvas

13

verb

Meaning 13

examine in order to test suitability

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • screen these samples
  • screen the job applicants

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: screen, screen out, sort

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: choose, take, select, pick out

History

Etymology

From Middle English sive, syfe, from Old English sife, from Proto-West Germanic *sibi (“sieve”), from Proto-Indo-European *seyp-, *seyb- (“to pour, sieve, strain, run, drip”). Akin to German Sieb, Dutch zeef, Proto-Slavic *sito (Russian си́то (síto), сев (sev), се́ять (séjatʹ)).

Across languages

Translations

296 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Albanian: sitë — device to separate larger objects from smaller ones or from liquids
  • Southern Altai: элгек (elgek) — device to separate larger objects from smaller ones or from liquids
  • Southern Altai: элек (elek) — device to separate larger objects from smaller ones or from liquids
  • Arabic: غِرْبَال (ḡirbāl) — device to separate larger objects from smaller ones or from liquids
  • Arabic: مِصْفاة (miṣfāh) — device to separate larger objects from smaller ones or from liquids
  • Arabic: غربال (ḡurbāl) — device to separate larger objects from smaller ones or from liquids
  • Arabic: مصفاية (miṣfāya) — device to separate larger objects from smaller ones or from liquids
  • Arabic: غربال (ḡurbāl) — device to separate larger objects from smaller ones or from liquids
  • Arabic: غربال (ḡurbāl, ḡarbāl) — device to separate larger objects from smaller ones or from liquids
  • Arabic: صفاية (ṣaffāya) — device to separate larger objects from smaller ones or from liquids
  • Arabic: ستاية (sattāya) — device to separate larger objects from smaller ones or from liquids
  • Arabic: غربال (ḡurbāl) — device to separate larger objects from smaller ones or from liquids
  • Arabic: مصفايه (miṣfāye) — device to separate larger objects from smaller ones or from liquids
  • Armenian: մաղ (maġ) — device to separate larger objects from smaller ones or from liquids
  • Aromanian: sitã — device to separate larger objects from smaller ones or from liquids
  • Aromanian: tsir — device to separate larger objects from smaller ones or from liquids
  • Aromanian: dirmonj — device to separate larger objects from smaller ones or from liquids
  • Assamese: চালনি (saloni) — device to separate larger objects from smaller ones or from liquids
  • Asturian: peñera — device to separate larger objects from smaller ones or from liquids
  • Azerbaijani: süzgəc — device to separate larger objects from smaller ones or from liquids
  • Azerbaijani: ələk — device to separate larger objects from smaller ones or from liquids
  • Azerbaijani: xəlbir — device to separate larger objects from smaller ones or from liquids
  • Bashkir: иләк (ilək) — device to separate larger objects from smaller ones or from liquids
  • Basque: bahe — device to separate larger objects from smaller ones or from liquids
  • Belarusian: рэ́шата (réšata) — device to separate larger objects from smaller ones or from liquids
  • Belarusian: сі́та (síta) — device to separate larger objects from smaller ones or from liquids
  • Bulgarian: решето (rešeto) — device to separate larger objects from smaller ones or from liquids
  • Bulgarian: сито (sito) — device to separate larger objects from smaller ones or from liquids
  • Bulgarian: цедка (cedka) — device to separate larger objects from smaller ones or from liquids
  • Burmese: ဆန်ခါ (hcanhka) — device to separate larger objects from smaller ones or from liquids
  • Catalan: garbell — device to separate larger objects from smaller ones or from liquids
  • Catalan: sedàs — device to separate larger objects from smaller ones or from liquids
  • Catalan: colador — device to separate larger objects from smaller ones or from liquids
  • Chinese Mandarin: 篩子 /筛子 (shāizi) — device to separate larger objects from smaller ones or from liquids
  • Czech: síto — device to separate larger objects from smaller ones or from liquids
  • Czech: řešeto — device to separate larger objects from smaller ones or from liquids
  • Danish: si — device to separate larger objects from smaller ones or from liquids
  • Danish: sigte — device to separate larger objects from smaller ones or from liquids
  • Dutch: zeef — device to separate larger objects from smaller ones or from liquids
  • Esperanto: kribrilo — device to separate larger objects from smaller ones or from liquids
  • Estonian: sõel — device to separate larger objects from smaller ones or from liquids
  • Fijian: lawalawa — device to separate larger objects from smaller ones or from liquids
  • Finnish: seula — device to separate larger objects from smaller ones or from liquids
  • Finnish: siivilä — device to separate larger objects from smaller ones or from liquids
  • French: tamis — device to separate larger objects from smaller ones or from liquids
  • French: crible — device to separate larger objects from smaller ones or from liquids
  • French: passoire — device to separate larger objects from smaller ones or from liquids
  • West-Frisian: souwe — device to separate larger objects from smaller ones or from liquids
  • Galician: peneira — device to separate larger objects from smaller ones or from liquids
  • Galician: baruto — device to separate larger objects from smaller ones or from liquids
  • Galician: bortel — device to separate larger objects from smaller ones or from liquids
  • Galician: xirgo — device to separate larger objects from smaller ones or from liquids
  • Galician: bandoxo — device to separate larger objects from smaller ones or from liquids
  • Galician: vanelo — device to separate larger objects from smaller ones or from liquids
  • Galician: sarandón — device to separate larger objects from smaller ones or from liquids
  • Galician: cribo — device to separate larger objects from smaller ones or from liquids
  • Galician: criba — device to separate larger objects from smaller ones or from liquids
  • Georgian: საცერი (saceri) — device to separate larger objects from smaller ones or from liquids
  • German: Sieb — device to separate larger objects from smaller ones or from liquids
  • Greek: κόσκινο (kóskino) — device to separate larger objects from smaller ones or from liquids
  • Greek: κρισάρα (krisára) — device to separate larger objects from smaller ones or from liquids
  • Ancient Greek: κόσκινον (kóskinon) — device to separate larger objects from smaller ones or from liquids
  • Gujarati: ચારણી (cārṇī) — device to separate larger objects from smaller ones or from liquids
  • Hebrew: נָפָה (nafá) — device to separate larger objects from smaller ones or from liquids
  • Hindi: चलनी (calnī) — device to separate larger objects from smaller ones or from liquids
  • Hindi: छन्नी (channī) — device to separate larger objects from smaller ones or from liquids
  • Hungarian: szita — device to separate larger objects from smaller ones or from liquids
  • Hungarian: rosta — device to separate larger objects from smaller ones or from liquids
  • Hungarian: szűrő — device to separate larger objects from smaller ones or from liquids
  • Icelandic: sáld — device to separate larger objects from smaller ones or from liquids
  • Ido: sivo — device to separate larger objects from smaller ones or from liquids
  • Indonesian: pengayak — device to separate larger objects from smaller ones or from liquids
  • Indonesian: saringan — device to separate larger objects from smaller ones or from liquids
  • Ingrian: seegla — device to separate larger objects from smaller ones or from liquids
  • Irish: criathar — device to separate larger objects from smaller ones or from liquids
  • Irish: rilleán — device to separate larger objects from smaller ones or from liquids
  • Italian: setaccio — device to separate larger objects from smaller ones or from liquids
  • Italian: scolino — device to separate larger objects from smaller ones or from liquids
  • Italian: crivello — device to separate larger objects from smaller ones or from liquids
  • Italian: vaglio — device to separate larger objects from smaller ones or from liquids
  • Italian: buratto — device to separate larger objects from smaller ones or from liquids
  • Italian: tamiso — device to separate larger objects from smaller ones or from liquids
  • Japanese: 篩 (furui) — device to separate larger objects from smaller ones or from liquids
  • Kazakh: елек (elek) — device to separate larger objects from smaller ones or from liquids
  • Kazakh: қалбыр (qalbyr) — device to separate larger objects from smaller ones or from liquids
  • Kazakh: елеуіш (eleuış) — device to separate larger objects from smaller ones or from liquids
  • Khmer: កន្ត្រង (kɑɑkɑntrɑɑng) — device to separate larger objects from smaller ones or from liquids
  • Korean: 체 (che) — device to separate larger objects from smaller ones or from liquids
  • Central Kurdish: بێژِنگ (bêjing) — device to separate larger objects from smaller ones or from liquids
  • Central Kurdish: پارزونگ (parzung) — device to separate larger objects from smaller ones or from liquids
  • Northern Kurdish: bêjing — device to separate larger objects from smaller ones or from liquids
  • Kyrgyz: элек (elek) — device to separate larger objects from smaller ones or from liquids
  • Kyrgyz: элгек (elgek) — device to separate larger objects from smaller ones or from liquids
  • Kyrgyz: калбыр (kalbır) — device to separate larger objects from smaller ones or from liquids
  • Lao: ກະຊອນ (ka sǭn) — device to separate larger objects from smaller ones or from liquids
  • Latin: crībrum — device to separate larger objects from smaller ones or from liquids
  • Latvian: siets — device to separate larger objects from smaller ones or from liquids
  • Lithuanian: sietas — device to separate larger objects from smaller ones or from liquids
  • Luhya: sichungi — device to separate larger objects from smaller ones or from liquids
  • Macedonian: си́то (síto) — device to separate larger objects from smaller ones or from liquids
  • Macedonian: ре́шето (réšeto) — device to separate larger objects from smaller ones or from liquids
  • Malay: ayakan — device to separate larger objects from smaller ones or from liquids
  • Malayalam: അരിപ്പ (arippa) — device to separate larger objects from smaller ones or from liquids
  • Maltese: passatur — device to separate larger objects from smaller ones or from liquids
  • Maltese: għarbiel — device to separate larger objects from smaller ones or from liquids
  • Manchu: ᠰᡳᠰᡝᡴᡠ (siseku) — device to separate larger objects from smaller ones or from liquids
  • Māori: tātari — device to separate larger objects from smaller ones or from liquids
  • Eastern Mari: сита (sita) — device to separate larger objects from smaller ones or from liquids
  • Meru: gichunki — device to separate larger objects from smaller ones or from liquids
  • Middle English: sive — device to separate larger objects from smaller ones or from liquids
  • Middle English: sarse — device to separate larger objects from smaller ones or from liquids
  • Middle English: temse — device to separate larger objects from smaller ones or from liquids
  • Mongolian: шигшүүр (šigšüür) — device to separate larger objects from smaller ones or from liquids
  • Norman: craîncheux — device to separate larger objects from smaller ones or from liquids
  • Norwegian: sikt — device to separate larger objects from smaller ones or from liquids
  • Norwegian: såld — device to separate larger objects from smaller ones or from liquids
  • Norwegian: sil — device to separate larger objects from smaller ones or from liquids
  • Occitan: sedaç — device to separate larger objects from smaller ones or from liquids
  • Occitan: crivèl — device to separate larger objects from smaller ones or from liquids
  • Old English: hridder — device to separate larger objects from smaller ones or from liquids
  • Persian: الک (alak) — device to separate larger objects from smaller ones or from liquids
  • Persian: پرویزن (parvizan) — device to separate larger objects from smaller ones or from liquids
  • Persian: غربال (ġarbâl) — device to separate larger objects from smaller ones or from liquids
  • Persian: سرند (sarand) — device to separate larger objects from smaller ones or from liquids
  • Persian: بیزه (bize) — device to separate larger objects from smaller ones or from liquids
  • Plautdietsch: Säw — device to separate larger objects from smaller ones or from liquids
  • Plautdietsch: Derchschlach — device to separate larger objects from smaller ones or from liquids
  • Pohnpeian: sihp — device to separate larger objects from smaller ones or from liquids
  • Polabian: risetĕ — device to separate larger objects from smaller ones or from liquids
  • Polish: sitko — device to separate larger objects from smaller ones or from liquids
  • Polish: sito — device to separate larger objects from smaller ones or from liquids
  • Polish: rzeszoto — device to separate larger objects from smaller ones or from liquids
  • Polish: przetak — device to separate larger objects from smaller ones or from liquids
  • Portuguese: peneira — device to separate larger objects from smaller ones or from liquids
  • Portuguese: coador — device to separate larger objects from smaller ones or from liquids
  • Portuguese: crivo — device to separate larger objects from smaller ones or from liquids
  • Purepecha: tsarharakua — device to separate larger objects from smaller ones or from liquids
  • Romanian: sită — device to separate larger objects from smaller ones or from liquids
  • Romanian: ciur — device to separate larger objects from smaller ones or from liquids
  • Russian: решето́ (rešetó) — device to separate larger objects from smaller ones or from liquids
  • Russian: си́то (síto) — device to separate larger objects from smaller ones or from liquids
  • Russian: дуршла́г (duršlág) — device to separate larger objects from smaller ones or from liquids
  • Serbo-Croatian: сито — device to separate larger objects from smaller ones or from liquids
  • Serbo-Croatian: решето — device to separate larger objects from smaller ones or from liquids
  • Serbo-Croatian: sito — device to separate larger objects from smaller ones or from liquids
  • Serbo-Croatian: rešeto — device to separate larger objects from smaller ones or from liquids
  • Sicilian: crivu — device to separate larger objects from smaller ones or from liquids
  • Slovak: sito — device to separate larger objects from smaller ones or from liquids
  • Slovak: rešeto — device to separate larger objects from smaller ones or from liquids
  • Slovene: rešêto — device to separate larger objects from smaller ones or from liquids
  • Lower Sorbian: kśida — device to separate larger objects from smaller ones or from liquids
  • Lower Sorbian: cejźawa — device to separate larger objects from smaller ones or from liquids
  • Lower Sorbian: wokawa — device to separate larger objects from smaller ones or from liquids
  • Upper Sorbian: křida — device to separate larger objects from smaller ones or from liquids
  • Spanish: cedazo — device to separate larger objects from smaller ones or from liquids
  • Spanish: criba — device to separate larger objects from smaller ones or from liquids
  • Spanish: tamiz — device to separate larger objects from smaller ones or from liquids
  • Spanish: colador — device to separate larger objects from smaller ones or from liquids
  • Spanish: harnero — device to separate larger objects from smaller ones or from liquids
  • Spanish: cribo — device to separate larger objects from smaller ones or from liquids
  • Spanish: zaranda — device to separate larger objects from smaller ones or from liquids
  • Spanish: ceranda — device to separate larger objects from smaller ones or from liquids
  • Spanish: cándara — device to separate larger objects from smaller ones or from liquids
  • Spanish: coladero — device to separate larger objects from smaller ones or from liquids
  • Spanish: pascón — device to separate larger objects from smaller ones or from liquids
  • Spanish: pazcón — device to separate larger objects from smaller ones or from liquids
  • Spanish: coladera — device to separate larger objects from smaller ones or from liquids
  • Spanish: cernidera — device to separate larger objects from smaller ones or from liquids
  • Swahili: kichujio — device to separate larger objects from smaller ones or from liquids
  • Swahili: mafumbo — device to separate larger objects from smaller ones or from liquids
  • Swedish: såll — device to separate larger objects from smaller ones or from liquids
  • Swedish: sikt — device to separate larger objects from smaller ones or from liquids
  • Swedish: sil — device to separate larger objects from smaller ones or from liquids
  • Tagalog: bithay — device to separate larger objects from smaller ones or from liquids
  • Tajik: элак (elak) — device to separate larger objects from smaller ones or from liquids
  • Tajik: ғалбер (ġalber) — device to separate larger objects from smaller ones or from liquids
  • Tajik: ғирбол (ġirbol) — device to separate larger objects from smaller ones or from liquids
  • Tajik: ғарбел (ġarbel) — device to separate larger objects from smaller ones or from liquids
  • Tamil: சல்லடை (callaṭai) — device to separate larger objects from smaller ones or from liquids
  • Tatar: иләк (iläk) — device to separate larger objects from smaller ones or from liquids
  • Thai: กระชอน (grà-chɔɔn) — device to separate larger objects from smaller ones or from liquids
  • Thai: เครื่องร่อน (krʉ̂ʉang-rɔ̂n) — device to separate larger objects from smaller ones or from liquids
  • Turkish: süzgeç — device to separate larger objects from smaller ones or from liquids
  • Turkish: kalbur — device to separate larger objects from smaller ones or from liquids
  • Turkish: elek — device to separate larger objects from smaller ones or from liquids
  • Ottoman Turkish: الك (elek) — device to separate larger objects from smaller ones or from liquids
  • Ottoman Turkish: قلبور (kalbur) — device to separate larger objects from smaller ones or from liquids
  • Ottoman Turkish: سوزگج (süzgec) — device to separate larger objects from smaller ones or from liquids
  • Ottoman Turkish: غربال (girbal) — device to separate larger objects from smaller ones or from liquids
  • Turkmen: elek — device to separate larger objects from smaller ones or from liquids
  • Ukrainian: ре́шето (réšeto) — device to separate larger objects from smaller ones or from liquids
  • Ukrainian: си́то (sýto) — device to separate larger objects from smaller ones or from liquids
  • Unami: pawënikàn — device to separate larger objects from smaller ones or from liquids
  • Urdu: چھلنی (chalnī) — device to separate larger objects from smaller ones or from liquids
  • Urdu: غرپال (ġarpāl) — device to separate larger objects from smaller ones or from liquids
  • Uyghur: ئەلگەك (elgek) — device to separate larger objects from smaller ones or from liquids
  • Uyghur: غەلۋىر (ghelwir) — device to separate larger objects from smaller ones or from liquids
  • Uzbek: elak — device to separate larger objects from smaller ones or from liquids
  • Uzbek: gʻalvir — device to separate larger objects from smaller ones or from liquids
  • Vietnamese: rây — device to separate larger objects from smaller ones or from liquids
  • Vietnamese: rây bột — device to separate larger objects from smaller ones or from liquids
  • Walloon: raidje — device to separate larger objects from smaller ones or from liquids
  • Walloon: passete — device to separate larger objects from smaller ones or from liquids
  • Welsh: gogr — device to separate larger objects from smaller ones or from liquids
  • Basque: baheketa — process that filters out unwanted pieces of input
  • Bulgarian: пресяване (presjavane) — process that filters out unwanted pieces of input
  • Bulgarian: прецеждане (preceždane) — process that filters out unwanted pieces of input
  • Czech: síto — process that filters out unwanted pieces of input
  • Finnish: seulonta — process that filters out unwanted pieces of input
  • French: crible — process that filters out unwanted pieces of input
  • Hindi: छानना (chānnā) — process that filters out unwanted pieces of input
  • Icelandic: sáldur — process that filters out unwanted pieces of input
  • Ido: sivago — process that filters out unwanted pieces of input
  • Macedonian: просеју́вање (prosejúvanje) — process that filters out unwanted pieces of input
  • Malayalam: അരിക്കൽ (arikkal) — process that filters out unwanted pieces of input
  • Polish: odcedzanie — process that filters out unwanted pieces of input
  • Portuguese: crivo — process that filters out unwanted pieces of input
  • Russian: просе́ивание (proséivanije) — process that filters out unwanted pieces of input
  • Sicilian: cirnuta — process that filters out unwanted pieces of input
  • Sicilian: cèrniri — process that filters out unwanted pieces of input
  • Spanish: criba — process that filters out unwanted pieces of input
  • Swedish: sållning — process that filters out unwanted pieces of input
  • Armenian: մաղել (maġel) — to strain, sift or sort using a sieve
  • Bulgarian: пресявам (presjavam) — to strain, sift or sort using a sieve
  • Bulgarian: пресея (preseja) — to strain, sift or sort using a sieve
  • Bulgarian: прецеждам (preceždam) — to strain, sift or sort using a sieve
  • Bulgarian: прецедя (precedja) — to strain, sift or sort using a sieve
  • Catalan: filtrar — to strain, sift or sort using a sieve
  • Catalan: colar — to strain, sift or sort using a sieve
  • Catalan: cerndre — to strain, sift or sort using a sieve
  • Cherokee: ᎬᎫᏍᏗᎭ (gvgusdiha) — to strain, sift or sort using a sieve
  • Chinese Cantonese: 篩 /筛 (sai1) — to strain, sift or sort using a sieve
  • Chinese Mandarin: 篩 /筛 (shāi) — to strain, sift or sort using a sieve
  • Czech: prosít — to strain, sift or sort using a sieve
  • Dutch: zeven — to strain, sift or sort using a sieve
  • Esperanto: kribri — to strain, sift or sort using a sieve
  • Finnish: seuloa — to strain, sift or sort using a sieve
  • Finnish: siivilöidä — to strain, sift or sort using a sieve
  • French: tamiser — to strain, sift or sort using a sieve
  • French: sasser — to strain, sift or sort using a sieve
  • West-Frisian: souje — to strain, sift or sort using a sieve
  • West-Frisian: souwe — to strain, sift or sort using a sieve
  • Friulian: trivelâ — to strain, sift or sort using a sieve
  • Friulian: tamesâ — to strain, sift or sort using a sieve
  • Galician: peneirar — to strain, sift or sort using a sieve
  • Galician: cribar — to strain, sift or sort using a sieve
  • Galician: coar — to strain, sift or sort using a sieve
  • German: sieben — to strain, sift or sort using a sieve
  • German: durchsieben — to strain, sift or sort using a sieve
  • Greek: κοσκινίζω (koskinízo) — to strain, sift or sort using a sieve
  • Ancient Greek: σήθω (sḗthō) — to strain, sift or sort using a sieve
  • Hindi: छानना (chānnā) — to strain, sift or sort using a sieve
  • Ido: sivagar — to strain, sift or sort using a sieve
  • Ingrian: siivitä — to strain, sift or sort using a sieve
  • Ingrian: seegloa — to strain, sift or sort using a sieve
  • Ingrian: seeglata — to strain, sift or sort using a sieve
  • Irish: criathraigh — to strain, sift or sort using a sieve
  • Italian: setacciare — to strain, sift or sort using a sieve
  • Italian: stacciare — to strain, sift or sort using a sieve
  • Italian: crivellare — to strain, sift or sort using a sieve
  • Japanese: 篩う (furuu) — to strain, sift or sort using a sieve
  • Malayalam: അരിക്കുക (arikkuka) — to strain, sift or sort using a sieve
  • Manchu: ᠰᡳᠰᡝᠮᠪᡳ (sisembi) — to strain, sift or sort using a sieve
  • Māori: tātari — to strain, sift or sort using a sieve
  • Occitan: colar — to strain, sift or sort using a sieve
  • Occitan: cernir — to strain, sift or sort using a sieve
  • Occitan: filtrar — to strain, sift or sort using a sieve
  • Pohnpeian: sihp — to strain, sift or sort using a sieve
  • Pohnpeian: sihpih — to strain, sift or sort using a sieve
  • Polish: przesiać — to strain, sift or sort using a sieve
  • Polish: przesiewać — to strain, sift or sort using a sieve
  • Polish: cedzić — to strain, sift or sort using a sieve
  • Polish: odcedzić — to strain, sift or sort using a sieve
  • Polish: odcedzać — to strain, sift or sort using a sieve
  • Portuguese: coar — to strain, sift or sort using a sieve
  • Portuguese: peneirar — to strain, sift or sort using a sieve
  • Quechua: icharay — to strain, sift or sort using a sieve
  • Quechua: suysuy — to strain, sift or sort using a sieve
  • Romanian: cerne — to strain, sift or sort using a sieve
  • Russian: просе́ивать (proséivatʹ) — to strain, sift or sort using a sieve
  • Russian: отсе́ивать (otséivatʹ) — to strain, sift or sort using a sieve
  • Serbo-Croatian: prosijati — to strain, sift or sort using a sieve
  • Spanish: cribar — to strain, sift or sort using a sieve
  • Spanish: colar — to strain, sift or sort using a sieve
  • Spanish: cernir — to strain, sift or sort using a sieve
  • Spanish: cerner — to strain, sift or sort using a sieve
  • Spanish: tamizar — to strain, sift or sort using a sieve
  • Spanish: harnear — to strain, sift or sort using a sieve
  • Telugu: జల్లించు (jalliñcu) — to strain, sift or sort using a sieve
  • Thai: ร่อน (rɔ̂n) — to strain, sift or sort using a sieve
  • Turkish: kalburlamak — to strain, sift or sort using a sieve
  • Ottoman Turkish: قلبورلامق (kalburlamak) — to strain, sift or sort using a sieve
  • Ukrainian: просі́ювати (prosíjuvaty) — to strain, sift or sort using a sieve
  • Ukrainian: просі́яти (prosíjaty) — to strain, sift or sort using a sieve
  • Welsh: gogru — to strain, sift or sort using a sieve
  • Welsh: gogrynu — to strain, sift or sort using a sieve
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