I have a memory like a sieve.
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Sieve
//sɪv//
Synonyms for "sieve" (184 found)
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Closest matches (37)
Strong matches (55)
Related words (92)
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292 translations across 102 languages.
Albanian
1 entries- sitë noun (device to separate larger objects from smaller ones or from liquids)
Ancient Greek
2 entries- κόσκινον noun (device to separate larger objects from smaller ones or from liquids)
- σήθω verb (to strain, sift or sort using a sieve)
Arabic
4 entries- ستاية noun (device to separate larger objects from smaller ones or from liquids)
- صفاية noun (device to separate larger objects from smaller ones or from liquids)
- غربال noun (device to separate larger objects from smaller ones or from liquids)
- غربال noun (device to separate larger objects from smaller ones or from liquids)
Armenian
2 entries- մաղ noun (device to separate larger objects from smaller ones or from liquids)
- մաղել verb (to strain, sift or sort using a sieve)
Aromanian
3 entries- dirmonj noun (device to separate larger objects from smaller ones or from liquids)
- sitã noun (device to separate larger objects from smaller ones or from liquids)
- tsir noun (device to separate larger objects from smaller ones or from liquids)
Assamese
1 entries- চালনি noun (device to separate larger objects from smaller ones or from liquids)
Asturian
1 entries- peñera noun (device to separate larger objects from smaller ones or from liquids)
Azerbaijani
3 entries- süzgəc noun (device to separate larger objects from smaller ones or from liquids)
- xəlbir noun (device to separate larger objects from smaller ones or from liquids)
- ələk noun (device to separate larger objects from smaller ones or from liquids)
Bashkir
1 entries- иләк noun (device to separate larger objects from smaller ones or from liquids)
Basque
2 entries- bahe noun (device to separate larger objects from smaller ones or from liquids)
- baheketa noun (process that filters out unwanted pieces of input)
Belarusian
2 entries- рэ́шата noun (device to separate larger objects from smaller ones or from liquids)
- сі́та noun (device to separate larger objects from smaller ones or from liquids)
Bulgarian
4 entries- пресяване noun (process that filters out unwanted pieces of input)
- прецеждане noun (process that filters out unwanted pieces of input)
- решето noun (device to separate larger objects from smaller ones or from liquids)
- сито noun (device to separate larger objects from smaller ones or from liquids)
Burmese
1 entries- ဆန်ခါ noun (device to separate larger objects from smaller ones or from liquids)
Catalan
4 entries- colador noun (device to separate larger objects from smaller ones or from liquids)
- garbell noun (device to separate larger objects from smaller ones or from liquids)
- sedàs noun (device to separate larger objects from smaller ones or from liquids)
- cerndre verb (to strain, sift or sort using a sieve)
Central Kurdish
2 entries- بێژِنگ noun (device to separate larger objects from smaller ones or from liquids)
- پارزونگ noun (device to separate larger objects from smaller ones or from liquids)
Cherokee
1 entries- ᎬᎫᏍᏗᎭ verb (to strain, sift or sort using a sieve)
Chinese Cantonese
1 entries- 篩 /筛 verb (to strain, sift or sort using a sieve)
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 篩子 /筛子 noun (device to separate larger objects from smaller ones or from liquids)
- 篩 /筛 verb (to strain, sift or sort using a sieve)
Czech
4 entries- síto noun (device to separate larger objects from smaller ones or from liquids)
- síto noun (process that filters out unwanted pieces of input)
- řešeto noun (device to separate larger objects from smaller ones or from liquids)
- prosít verb (to strain, sift or sort using a sieve)
Danish
2 entries- si noun (device to separate larger objects from smaller ones or from liquids)
- sigte noun (device to separate larger objects from smaller ones or from liquids)
Dutch
2 entries- zeef noun (device to separate larger objects from smaller ones or from liquids)
- zeven verb (to strain, sift or sort using a sieve)
Eastern Mari
1 entries- сита noun (device to separate larger objects from smaller ones or from liquids)
Esperanto
2 entries- kribrilo noun (device to separate larger objects from smaller ones or from liquids)
- kribri verb (to strain, sift or sort using a sieve)
Estonian
1 entries- sõel noun (device to separate larger objects from smaller ones or from liquids)
Fijian
1 entries- lawalawa noun (device to separate larger objects from smaller ones or from liquids)
Finnish
4 entries- seula noun (device to separate larger objects from smaller ones or from liquids)
- seulonta noun (process that filters out unwanted pieces of input)
- siivilä noun (device to separate larger objects from smaller ones or from liquids)
- seuloa verb (to strain, sift or sort using a sieve)
French
4 entries- crible noun (device to separate larger objects from smaller ones or from liquids)
- crible noun (process that filters out unwanted pieces of input)
- passoire noun (device to separate larger objects from smaller ones or from liquids)
- tamis noun (device to separate larger objects from smaller ones or from liquids)
Friulian
2 entries- tamesâ verb (to strain, sift or sort using a sieve)
- trivelâ verb (to strain, sift or sort using a sieve)
Galician
4 entries- bandoxo noun (device to separate larger objects from smaller ones or from liquids)
- baruto noun (device to separate larger objects from smaller ones or from liquids)
- bortel noun (device to separate larger objects from smaller ones or from liquids)
- criba noun (device to separate larger objects from smaller ones or from liquids)
Georgian
1 entries- საცერი noun (device to separate larger objects from smaller ones or from liquids)
German
3 entries- Sieb noun (device to separate larger objects from smaller ones or from liquids)
- durchsieben verb (to strain, sift or sort using a sieve)
- sieben verb (to strain, sift or sort using a sieve)
Greek
3 entries- κρισάρα noun (device to separate larger objects from smaller ones or from liquids)
- κόσκινο noun (device to separate larger objects from smaller ones or from liquids)
- κοσκινίζω verb (to strain, sift or sort using a sieve)
Gujarati
1 entries- ચારણી noun (device to separate larger objects from smaller ones or from liquids)
Hebrew
1 entries- נָפָה noun (device to separate larger objects from smaller ones or from liquids)
Hindi
4 entries- चलनी noun (device to separate larger objects from smaller ones or from liquids)
- छन्नी noun (device to separate larger objects from smaller ones or from liquids)
- छानना noun (process that filters out unwanted pieces of input)
- छानना verb (to strain, sift or sort using a sieve)
Hungarian
3 entries- rosta noun (device to separate larger objects from smaller ones or from liquids)
- szita noun (device to separate larger objects from smaller ones or from liquids)
- szűrő noun (device to separate larger objects from smaller ones or from liquids)
Icelandic
2 entries- sáld noun (device to separate larger objects from smaller ones or from liquids)
- sáldur noun (process that filters out unwanted pieces of input)
Ido
3 entries- sivago noun (process that filters out unwanted pieces of input)
- sivo noun (device to separate larger objects from smaller ones or from liquids)
- sivagar verb (to strain, sift or sort using a sieve)
Indonesian
2 entries- pengayak noun (device to separate larger objects from smaller ones or from liquids)
- saringan noun (device to separate larger objects from smaller ones or from liquids)
Ingrian
4 entries- seegla noun (device to separate larger objects from smaller ones or from liquids)
- seeglata verb (to strain, sift or sort using a sieve)
- seegloa verb (to strain, sift or sort using a sieve)
- siivitä verb (to strain, sift or sort using a sieve)
Irish
3 entries- criathar noun (device to separate larger objects from smaller ones or from liquids)
- rilleán noun (device to separate larger objects from smaller ones or from liquids)
- criathraigh verb (to strain, sift or sort using a sieve)
Italian
4 entries- buratto noun (device to separate larger objects from smaller ones or from liquids)
- crivello noun (device to separate larger objects from smaller ones or from liquids)
- scolino noun (device to separate larger objects from smaller ones or from liquids)
- setaccio noun (device to separate larger objects from smaller ones or from liquids)
Japanese
2 entries- 篩 noun (device to separate larger objects from smaller ones or from liquids)
- 篩う verb (to strain, sift or sort using a sieve)
Kazakh
3 entries- елек noun (device to separate larger objects from smaller ones or from liquids)
- елеуіш noun (device to separate larger objects from smaller ones or from liquids)
- қалбыр noun (device to separate larger objects from smaller ones or from liquids)
Khmer
1 entries- កន្ត្រង noun (device to separate larger objects from smaller ones or from liquids)
Korean
1 entries- 체 noun (device to separate larger objects from smaller ones or from liquids)
Kyrgyz
3 entries- калбыр noun (device to separate larger objects from smaller ones or from liquids)
- элгек noun (device to separate larger objects from smaller ones or from liquids)
- элек noun (device to separate larger objects from smaller ones or from liquids)
Lao
1 entries- ກະຊອນ noun (device to separate larger objects from smaller ones or from liquids)
Latin
1 entries- crībrum noun (device to separate larger objects from smaller ones or from liquids)
Latvian
1 entries- siets noun (device to separate larger objects from smaller ones or from liquids)
Lithuanian
1 entries- sietas noun (device to separate larger objects from smaller ones or from liquids)
Lower Sorbian
3 entries- cejźawa noun (device to separate larger objects from smaller ones or from liquids)
- kśida noun (device to separate larger objects from smaller ones or from liquids)
- wokawa noun (device to separate larger objects from smaller ones or from liquids)
Luhya
1 entries- sichungi noun (device to separate larger objects from smaller ones or from liquids)
Macedonian
3 entries- просеју́вање noun (process that filters out unwanted pieces of input)
- ре́шето noun (device to separate larger objects from smaller ones or from liquids)
- си́то noun (device to separate larger objects from smaller ones or from liquids)
Malay
1 entries- ayakan noun (device to separate larger objects from smaller ones or from liquids)
Malayalam
3 entries- അരിക്കൽ noun (process that filters out unwanted pieces of input)
- അരിപ്പ noun (device to separate larger objects from smaller ones or from liquids)
- അരിക്കുക verb (to strain, sift or sort using a sieve)
Maltese
2 entries- għarbiel noun (device to separate larger objects from smaller ones or from liquids)
- passatur noun (device to separate larger objects from smaller ones or from liquids)
Manchu
2 entries- ᠰᡳᠰᡝᡴᡠ noun (device to separate larger objects from smaller ones or from liquids)
- ᠰᡳᠰᡝᠮᠪᡳ verb (to strain, sift or sort using a sieve)
Meru
1 entries- gichunki noun (device to separate larger objects from smaller ones or from liquids)
Middle English
3 entries- sarse noun (device to separate larger objects from smaller ones or from liquids)
- sive noun (device to separate larger objects from smaller ones or from liquids)
- temse noun (device to separate larger objects from smaller ones or from liquids)
Mongolian
1 entries- шигшүүр noun (device to separate larger objects from smaller ones or from liquids)
Māori
2 entries- tātari noun (device to separate larger objects from smaller ones or from liquids)
- tātari verb (to strain, sift or sort using a sieve)
Norman
1 entries- craîncheux noun (device to separate larger objects from smaller ones or from liquids)
Northern Kurdish
1 entries- bêjing noun (device to separate larger objects from smaller ones or from liquids)
Norwegian
3 entries- sikt noun (device to separate larger objects from smaller ones or from liquids)
- sil noun (device to separate larger objects from smaller ones or from liquids)
- såld noun (device to separate larger objects from smaller ones or from liquids)
Occitan
4 entries- crivèl noun (device to separate larger objects from smaller ones or from liquids)
- sedaç noun (device to separate larger objects from smaller ones or from liquids)
- cernir verb (to strain, sift or sort using a sieve)
- colar verb (to strain, sift or sort using a sieve)
Old English
1 entries- hridder noun (device to separate larger objects from smaller ones or from liquids)
Ottoman Turkish
4 entries- الك noun (device to separate larger objects from smaller ones or from liquids)
- سوزگج noun (device to separate larger objects from smaller ones or from liquids)
- غربال noun (device to separate larger objects from smaller ones or from liquids)
- قلبور noun (device to separate larger objects from smaller ones or from liquids)
Persian
4 entries- الک noun (device to separate larger objects from smaller ones or from liquids)
- بیزه noun (device to separate larger objects from smaller ones or from liquids)
- سرند noun (device to separate larger objects from smaller ones or from liquids)
- غربال noun (device to separate larger objects from smaller ones or from liquids)
Plautdietsch
2 entries- Derchschlach noun (device to separate larger objects from smaller ones or from liquids)
- Säw noun (device to separate larger objects from smaller ones or from liquids)
Polabian
1 entries- risetĕ noun (device to separate larger objects from smaller ones or from liquids)
Polish
4 entries- odcedzanie noun (process that filters out unwanted pieces of input)
- przetak noun (device to separate larger objects from smaller ones or from liquids)
- rzeszoto noun (device to separate larger objects from smaller ones or from liquids)
- sitko noun (device to separate larger objects from smaller ones or from liquids)
Portuguese
4 entries- coador noun (device to separate larger objects from smaller ones or from liquids)
- crivo noun (device to separate larger objects from smaller ones or from liquids)
- crivo noun (process that filters out unwanted pieces of input)
- peneira noun (device to separate larger objects from smaller ones or from liquids)
Purepecha
1 entries- tsarharakua noun (device to separate larger objects from smaller ones or from liquids)
Quechua
2 entries- icharay verb (to strain, sift or sort using a sieve)
- suysuy verb (to strain, sift or sort using a sieve)
Romanian
3 entries- ciur noun (device to separate larger objects from smaller ones or from liquids)
- sită noun (device to separate larger objects from smaller ones or from liquids)
- cerne verb (to strain, sift or sort using a sieve)
Russian
4 entries- дуршла́г noun (device to separate larger objects from smaller ones or from liquids)
- просе́ивание noun (process that filters out unwanted pieces of input)
- решето́ noun (device to separate larger objects from smaller ones or from liquids)
- си́то noun (device to separate larger objects from smaller ones or from liquids)
Serbo-Croatian
4 entries- rešeto noun (device to separate larger objects from smaller ones or from liquids)
- sito noun (device to separate larger objects from smaller ones or from liquids)
- решето noun (device to separate larger objects from smaller ones or from liquids)
- сито noun (device to separate larger objects from smaller ones or from liquids)
Sicilian
3 entries- cirnuta noun (process that filters out unwanted pieces of input)
- crivu noun (device to separate larger objects from smaller ones or from liquids)
- cèrniri noun (process that filters out unwanted pieces of input)
Slovak
2 entries- rešeto noun (device to separate larger objects from smaller ones or from liquids)
- sito noun (device to separate larger objects from smaller ones or from liquids)
Slovene
1 entries- rešêto noun (device to separate larger objects from smaller ones or from liquids)
Southern Altai
2 entries- элгек noun (device to separate larger objects from smaller ones or from liquids)
- элек noun (device to separate larger objects from smaller ones or from liquids)
Spanish
4 entries- cedazo noun (device to separate larger objects from smaller ones or from liquids)
- ceranda noun (device to separate larger objects from smaller ones or from liquids)
- cernidera noun (device to separate larger objects from smaller ones or from liquids)
- coladera noun (device to separate larger objects from smaller ones or from liquids)
Swahili
2 entries- kichujio noun (device to separate larger objects from smaller ones or from liquids)
- mafumbo noun (device to separate larger objects from smaller ones or from liquids)
Swedish
4 entries- sikt noun (device to separate larger objects from smaller ones or from liquids)
- sil noun (device to separate larger objects from smaller ones or from liquids)
- såll noun (device to separate larger objects from smaller ones or from liquids)
- sållning noun (process that filters out unwanted pieces of input)
Tagalog
1 entries- bithay noun (device to separate larger objects from smaller ones or from liquids)
Tajik
4 entries- элак noun (device to separate larger objects from smaller ones or from liquids)
- ғалбер noun (device to separate larger objects from smaller ones or from liquids)
- ғарбел noun (device to separate larger objects from smaller ones or from liquids)
- ғирбол noun (device to separate larger objects from smaller ones or from liquids)
Tamil
1 entries- சல்லடை noun (device to separate larger objects from smaller ones or from liquids)
Tatar
1 entries- иләк noun (device to separate larger objects from smaller ones or from liquids)
Telugu
1 entries- జల్లించు verb (to strain, sift or sort using a sieve)
Thai
3 entries- กระชอน noun (device to separate larger objects from smaller ones or from liquids)
- เครื่องร่อน noun (device to separate larger objects from smaller ones or from liquids)
- ร่อน verb (to strain, sift or sort using a sieve)
Turkish
4 entries- elek noun (device to separate larger objects from smaller ones or from liquids)
- kalbur noun (device to separate larger objects from smaller ones or from liquids)
- süzgeç noun (device to separate larger objects from smaller ones or from liquids)
- kalburlamak verb (to strain, sift or sort using a sieve)
Turkmen
1 entries- elek noun (device to separate larger objects from smaller ones or from liquids)
Ukrainian
4 entries- ре́шето noun (device to separate larger objects from smaller ones or from liquids)
- си́то noun (device to separate larger objects from smaller ones or from liquids)
- просі́ювати verb (to strain, sift or sort using a sieve)
- просі́яти verb (to strain, sift or sort using a sieve)
Upper Sorbian
1 entries- křida noun (device to separate larger objects from smaller ones or from liquids)
Urdu
2 entries- غرپال noun (device to separate larger objects from smaller ones or from liquids)
- چھلنی noun (device to separate larger objects from smaller ones or from liquids)
Uyghur
2 entries- ئەلگەك noun (device to separate larger objects from smaller ones or from liquids)
- غەلۋىر noun (device to separate larger objects from smaller ones or from liquids)
Uzbek
2 entries- elak noun (device to separate larger objects from smaller ones or from liquids)
- gʻalvir noun (device to separate larger objects from smaller ones or from liquids)
Vietnamese
2 entries- rây noun (device to separate larger objects from smaller ones or from liquids)
- rây bột noun (device to separate larger objects from smaller ones or from liquids)
Walloon
2 entries- passete noun (device to separate larger objects from smaller ones or from liquids)
- raidje noun (device to separate larger objects from smaller ones or from liquids)
Welsh
3 entries- gogr noun (device to separate larger objects from smaller ones or from liquids)
- gogru verb (to strain, sift or sort using a sieve)
- gogrynu verb (to strain, sift or sort using a sieve)
West-Frisian
3 entries- souwe noun (device to separate larger objects from smaller ones or from liquids)
- souje verb (to strain, sift or sort using a sieve)
- souwe verb (to strain, sift or sort using a sieve)
Sample sentences
17 total sentences available.
Water runs through a paper towel as if it were a sieve.
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Our memory is like a sieve, as we forget almost half of what we have learned within the first twenty minutes.
Source: tatoeba (1607075)
Arguing with a woman is about as fruitful as scooping up water with a sieve.
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