SIEVED
Verb
sieved
past participle of sieve
Adjective
sieved
Passed through a sieve.
Anagrams
• devise, visĂ©ed
Source: Wiktionary
SIEVE
Sieve, n. Etym: [OE. sive, AS. sife; akin to D. zeef, zift, OHG. sib, G. sieb. sq. root151a. Cf. Sift.]
1. A utensil for separating the finer and coarser parts of a pulverized or granulated substance from each other. It consist of a vessel, usually shallow, with the bottom perforated, or made of hair, wire, or the like, woven in meshes. "In a sieve thrown and sifted." Chaucer.
2. A kind of coarse basket. Simmonds. Sieve cells (Bot.), cribriform cells. See under Cribriform.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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