What does "sieving" mean?

The act of passing something through a sieve.

Sieving

Common synonyms include: adsorb, clarification, deagglomerate, distillation, exclude, extraction.

noun, verb

noun, verb ·2 syllables ·Moderate ·College level

Noun

1
The act of passing something through a sieve.
2
Material that has passed through a sieve.
"The sievings retained on different sieves are washed into separate Petri dishes for further observations or purification by sucrose centrifugation."

Verb

"The sievings retained on different sieves are washed into separate Petri dishes for further observations or purification by sucrose centrifugation."