The meaning of Sieves

noun

A bar that slides into a socket to fasten a door or window.

Usage examples:

He reached through the hole in the door and slid the bolt on the inside.

verb

Fasten (a door or window) with a bar that slides into a socket.

Usage examples:

All the doors were locked and bolted

verb

(of a horse or other animal) run away suddenly, typically from fear.

Usage examples:

The horses shied and bolted

noun

A perforated bowl used to strain off liquid from food after washing or cooking.

Usage examples:

When the beans are ready, remove the herbs, and drain the beans into the colander, reserving their …

noun

Bowl-shaped strainer used to wash or drain foods

noun

A bowl with many holes in it, used for washing food or for removing water from food that has been cooked

noun

A porous device for removing impurities or solid particles from a liquid or gas passed through it.

Usage examples:

An oil filter

verb

Pass (a liquid, gas, light, or sound) through a device to remove unwanted material.

Usage examples:

The eye filters out ultraviolet radiation

noun

A piece of equipment or a device for removing solids from liquids or gases, or for limiting the particular type of light, sound, or electricity going through it

Usage examples:

An oil filter, a coffee filter, [ i always + adv/prep ] reports of the accident began to filter in.…

noun

A heavy, flat iron plate that is heated and used for cooking food.

Usage examples:

Griddle cakes

verb

Cook on a griddle.

Usage examples:

The vegetables can be griddled the day before and kept covered in the fridge

noun

A flat heated surface on which food is cooked

noun

A question or statement intentionally phrased so as to require ingenuity in ascertaining its answer or meaning.

Usage examples:

They started asking riddles and telling jokes

verb

Speak in or pose riddles.

Usage examples:

He who knows not how to riddle

noun

A large coarse sieve, especially one used for separating ashes from cinders or sand from gravel.

Usage examples:

For inside the mill, the shelling stones began to turn, the riddles (large-meshed sieves) rhythmica…

noun

A fixed or movable upright partition used to divide a room, give shelter from draughts, heat, or light, or to provide concealment or privacy.

Usage examples:

The special branch man remained hidden behind the screen for prosecution witnesses

verb

Conceal, protect, or shelter (someone or something) with a screen or something forming a screen.

Usage examples:

Her hair swung across to screen her face

noun

A flat surface in a theater, on a television, or on a computer system on which pictures or words are shown

Usage examples:

I spend most of the day working in front of a computer screen., her ambition is to write for the sc…

verb

Put (a fine or loose substance) through a sieve so as to remove lumps or large particles.

Usage examples:

Sift the flour into a large bowl

noun

An act of sifting something, especially so as to isolate that which is most important.

Usage examples:

A careful archaeological sift must be made through the debris

noun

Move as if through a sieve

noun

A piece of kitchen equipment that you put flour, sugar, etc. through in order to break up large pieces

Usage examples:

A flour sifter, a sugar sifter, shovels, sifters, and other gardening tools were found at the site.…

noun

A piece of kitchen equipment that you put flour, sugar, etc. through in order to break up large pieces

Usage examples:

A flour sifter, a sugar sifter, shovels, sifters, and other gardening tools were found at the site.…

noun

A piece of kitchen equipment that you put flour, sugar, etc. through in order to break up large pieces

Usage examples:

A flour sifter, a sugar sifter, shovels, sifters, and other gardening tools were found at the site.…

verb

Force (a part of one's body or oneself) to make an unusually great effort.

Usage examples:

I stopped and listened, straining my ears for any sound

noun

A force tending to pull or stretch something to an extreme or damaging degree.

Usage examples:

The usual type of chair puts an enormous strain on the spine

noun

A particular breed, stock, or variety of an animal or plant.

Usage examples:

Australia has been trying to breed better strains of plants and animals for ever.

noun

A device having holes punched in it or made of crossed wires for separating solid matter from a liquid.

Usage examples:

A tea strainer