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sieve

English

  1. 🔊 a strainer for separating lumps from powdered material or grading particles
  2. 🔊 distinguish and separate out
    “sift through the job candidates”
  3. 🔊 check and sort carefully
    “sift the information”
  4. 🔊 separate by passing through a sieve or other straining device to separate out coarser elements
    “sift the flour”
  5. 🔊 examine in order to test suitability
    “screen these samples”

Spanish

  1. 🔊 cedazo sieve
  2. 🔊 cernidor sieve
  3. 🔊 criba sieve
  4. 🔊 harnero sieve
  5. 🔊 tamiz sieve
  6. 🔊 tamizador sieve
  7. 🔊 cribar to sieve, sift
  8. 🔊 pasador sieve, colander

Similar words

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