I have a memory like a sieve.
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Sieve
/sɪv/
Synonyms for "sieve" (203 found)
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Noun(4 words)
analyzeanalyzerarabesqueassortbasketrybasketworkboltbolterbreakercancellationcategorizecentrifugeclackclarifierclarifyclassifyclearcolandercollatecontradistinguish
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cordoncordon offcradlecribblecribriformitycribrositycross hatchingcross-hatchingcrossing-outcullcull outcutterdecrassifydemarcatedemarkdepuratedifferentiate
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percolatorpick outplexureplexusporosityporousnesspurifierpurifyput asidequarantinequidnuncraddlerankrectifyrefinerefinerrefineryreticlereticulationreticule
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reticulumriddlerockerrumormongerscandalmongerscreenscreen outscreeningsecludesegregateselectseparateseparatorset a limitset apartset asideset offseverseveralizesieve outsievelikenesssiftsift outsiftersizesortsort outsorterspiritualizesplit hairsspongestrainstrainerstrippersubdividesublimatesublimesubordinatesubtilizetabbytalebearertexturethrashthreshtissuetracerytrellistrellisworktrywattleweaveweavingwebwebbingwebworkweftwickerwickerworkwinnowwinnowing basketwinnowing fanwinnowing machine
Noun(13 words)
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16 entriesCollocations
11 entriesfine sievelaboratory sievemesh sievemesh sizesieve analysissieve meshsieve shakersieve traysoil sievestainless steel sievetest sieve
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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.
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Arguing with a woman is about as fruitful as scooping up water with a sieve.
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