sieve out

• Verbe à particule signifiant séparer ou retirer quelque chose d'un mélange en le passant au tamis, ou extraire certains éléments d'un groupe.

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.

indénombrable · transitif · phrasal, séparable

1. Separate by filteringformal

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

   tamiser

   • 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.

   Synonymesfilter outscreen outseparate outwinnow out

2. Selectively removeinformal

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

   éliminer sélectivement

   • 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.

   Synonymeseliminatefilter outscreen outseparate outweed outwinnow out

   Antonymeskeepretain

Verbe de basesieve