sieves

• plural

  plural

  The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.

  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.
• present tense form

  present tense

  Used to describe things happening now or regularly.

  of sieve (3rd person singular).
  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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sieves

"If something has come from space, it will likely include metals that will attach to the magnet and the sieves will enable people to sift possible micrometeorites from other materials," Grimes added.

From BBC ● Apr. 4, 2026

Women quickly realized that the suit of armor was one of those kitchen sieves.

From Salon ● Sep. 30, 2022

On the plant’s second floor, near a pile of burlap bags overflowing with rubble, two men sat on stools, armed with sieves.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 4, 2020

This kind of filtering is very different from the sieves and nets that human technology uses to separate out particles of a certain size.

From New York Times ● Jan. 9, 2017

“We shoveled gravel through sieves for seven full hours with a half-hour break for lunch.”

From "Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow" by Susan Campbell Bartoletti

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