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- adjective Passed through a sieve.
- verb Past participle of
sieve
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Examples
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Although there are a few gaps in this sequence, the deposits were extensively water-sieved, meaning we have a very full account of the biological remains, including fish.
Fish Tales 2009
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Some of the litter samples have already been sieved, but not yet been sorted for snail shells.
Archive 2009-01-01 AYDIN 2009
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The real reason is that filter-feeding shellfish may have consumed toxic flagellates sieved from the plankton during those months.
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His bi-partisanship will be whisked and sieved so well that his will to change course will be watched widely.
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And add them to sieved flesh (mix all into one big mishmash).
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The mixture is then cooked in a caustic solution, washed, blended, bleached, sieved out onto a wire frame, and set out to dry.
Bullshit Made Into Paper By New Zealand Man | Impact Lab 2010
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He tilted his head and sieved the words through a smile.
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Add the sieved mix into the processor little at a time.
Choco Walnut Cake - II Anjali 2008
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Add the sieved mix into the processor little at a time.
Archive 2008-02-01 Anjali 2008
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At that, the worst of her anger sieved from her, and she whispered, “You had them beat you?”
Kresley Cole Immortals After Dark: The Clan MacRieve Kresley Cole 2010
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