1. a utensil with holes or mesh used for separating coarse from fine particles or for straining liquids

1. to put through a sieve; to strain or filter
2. to examine carefully and thoroughly

Examples

• She used a fine sieve to remove lumps from the flour.
• The pasta water drained through the sieve into the sink.
• Sieve the tomatoes to remove the seeds and skin.
• The detective had to sieve through hundreds of documents.
• Use a mesh sieve to strain the soup stock.
• They sieved the evidence for any useful clues.
• The gold miners sieved sand from the riverbed.