Vocab Bloom Hub

sieve out

/sɪv aʊt/

1 entry

verb

/sɪv aʊt/C1formal
  • ruФразовый глагол, означающий отделять или удалять что-либо из смеси, пропуская через сито, или извлекать определённые элементы из группы.

A phrasal verb meaning to separate or remove something from a mixture by passing it through a sieve, or to extract specific elements from a group.

uncountable · transitive · phrasal, separable

  1. Separate by filteringformal

    To remove unwanted elements from a mixture by passing it through a sieve or similar process.

    ruОтсеивать

    • The chef sieved out the lumps from the flour.
    • They sieved out the impurities from the sand.
    • The technician sieved out the larger particles from the sample.

    Synonymsfilter outscreen outseparate outwinnow out

  2. Selectively removeinformal

    To identify and remove unwanted or irrelevant items from a group.

    ruОтсеивать

    • The committee sieved out the weakest applications.
    • We need to sieve out the incorrect data from the report.
    • The editor sieved out the errors from the manuscript.

    Synonymseliminatefilter outscreen outseparate outweed outwinnow out

    Antonymskeepretain

Forms
  • sieved out past participle
  • sieved out past simple
  • sieving out present participle
  • sieves out third person singular

Base verbsieve