Definition of "sieve"
noun:
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A device to separate larger objects from smaller objects, or to separate solid objects from a liquid.
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A process, physical or abstract, that arrives at a final result by filtering out unwanted pieces of input from a larger starting set of input.
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verb:
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To strain, sift or sort using a sieve.
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