1 | verb | examine in order to test suitability 2 | verb | check and sort carefully 3 | verb | separate by passing through a sieve or other straining device to separate out coarser elements 4 | verb | distinguish and separate out 5 | noun | a strainer for separating lumps from powdered material or grading particles (5 meanings)

s'iv (IPA: sˈɪv)

sieve (no hyphenation) (5 letters | 1 syllable)

1499 (Late Middle ages | European Renaissance) (526 years ago)

Old English |

sieved | sieving | sieves

screen | screen out | sort | sift | strain (total: 5)

fan | resift | rice | riddle | screen | winnow | sifter (total: 7)

choose | pick out | select | take | analyse | analyze | canvas | canvass | examine | study | separate | strainer (total: 12)

forgive | give | liv | misgive | outlive | relive (total: 6) (based on typical American pronunciation)

siege

(none among common words)

sieve out | sieve tube

Spanish: | criba (tools) | tamizar (general) | cribar (general) | cerner (culinary) | tamizar (culinary) French: | tamis (tools) | tamiser (general) | passer (culinary) | filtrer (culinary) | tamiser (culinary) Portuguese: | peneira (tools) | peneirar (general) | coar (culinary) | peneirar (culinary) German: | Sieb (tools) | sieben (general) | sieben (culinary) Japanese: | 笊 (common noun) | 篩 (common noun) | 篩い (irregular okurigana) | 篩にかける (verb) | 篩に掛ける (verb) | ふるいに掛ける (verb)

Sieve (US population: 490 people, white: 96%)

San Piero a Sieve (Italy, 3904 people)

sieve.com | sieve.net | sieve.org | sieve.info | sieve.biz (total: 5)

Exemplar of leakiness | It doesn't hold water | It won't hold water | Kitchen item full of holes | Kitchen utensil with a mesh | Not a good person with secrets | Not much of a blockade | Screening device | ... (total: 15) (based on all New York Times crossword puzzles 1994 to 2009)

8 (International English) | 8 (North American English)

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