sieved

• past participle

  past participle

  A verb form used in perfect and passive verb constructions and that can also function as a modifier.

  of sieve.
  sieve

  noun

  an instrument with a meshed or perforated bottom, used for separating coarse from fine parts of loose matter, for straining liquids, etc., especially one with a circular frame and fine meshes or perforations.
• past tense form

  past tense

  Used to describe completed actions or previous habitual actions.

  of sieve.
  sieve

  noun

  an instrument with a meshed or perforated bottom, used for separating coarse from fine parts of loose matter, for straining liquids, etc., especially one with a circular frame and fine meshes or perforations.

Example Sentences

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sieved

Then the array of detached coils, capacitors, pins and transistors are sieved, sorted, sliced and diced as they move along a conveyor belt.

From BBC ● Aug. 6, 2024

The fermented BSG is then dried, ground into a powder, sieved, and spun in a centrifuge to separate the protein, which would float to the top from the rest of the mixture.

From Science Daily ● Apr. 11, 2024

In 1962 Heinz Stolp, a researcher in Berlin, was searching for new viruses when he ran out of the filters that sieved them from his samples.

From Scientific American ● Sep. 5, 2022

Other condiments shunned by connoisseurs but enjoyed by many are sieved egg yolks, finely chopped egg whites, and minced onion or fresh-snipped chives.

From Seattle Times ● Dec. 4, 2021

The hole was a perfectly symmetrical inverted cone whose sides were smooth, as though finely sieved and raked.

From "Atonement" by Ian McEwan

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