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View definitions for sieving

sieving

verb as in screen

verb as in strain

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Example Sentences

Farther on I saw in a dry river bed a man sieving gravel in an ingenious way.

The trouble in sieving gravel is that if the sieve be filled to its capacity the shaking soon becomes tiring.

Mr. Stoke: When I did my fine sieving, I used a 4-inch screen.

His part is to attend the sacking of the three kinds of grain for ever sieving out.

Stiff gravelly clay will require finer sieving or repeated washing to rid it of some of the grit or sand.

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On this page you'll find 111 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to sieving, such as: cull, evaluate, filter, scan, select, and eliminate.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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