Word Type

Noun

Verb

The word "sieve" can be used as noun and verb.

Word Relationships

Capable Of

part small things from big things separate gold nuggets from sand separate grains from chaff separate stones from sand

Coordinate Terms

filter sile

Derived Terms

Brun sieve Selberg sieve Turán sieve brain like a sieve cleaning sieve head like a sieve large sieve larger sieve leak like a sieve memory like a sieve mind like a sieve mol sieve mole sieve molecular sieve ranch-sieve range-sieve sieve cell sieve number sieve of Eratosthenes sieve out sieve plate sieve set sieve theory sieve-tube element sieveless sievelike sievish

Context

category theory sports

Broader Terms (Hypernyms)

analyse analyze canvass choose examine pick out select separate strainer study take

Type Of (IsA)

strainer

Manner Of

analyze choose

Related Terms

baleen

Related Terms

basket codomain composition concede granular let in liquid material mesh mind morphism object particle remember riddle secret sift sile solid sort strain

Synonym Network

screen sift

Used For

draining water from

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.