sieve
/sɪv/
noun
- A tool with a mesh or holes used to separate solids from liquids or larger pieces from smaller ones.
- Use a fine sieve to remove the seeds from the berry juice.
- She poured the pasta into a sieve to drain the water.
- The gardener sifted the soil through a sieve to remove rocks.
- A person who cannot keep secrets or information private.
- Don't tell him anything confidential; he's a sieve.
- The office gossip is a total sieve when it comes to private news.
- My little brother is a sieve — he told everyone about my surprise party.
verb
- To pass something through a sieve to separate or remove unwanted parts.
- The chef sieved the sauce to make it smooth.
- He sieved the sand to look for small shells.
- Sieve the flour to remove any lumps before baking.
- To examine or sort through information or items carefully.
- We need to sieve the data to remove errors.
- She sieved through the emails to find the important one.
- The detective sieved the evidence for any useful clues.