SIEVE
5 letters
8 Scrabble points
/sɪv/
Definition of SIEVE
noun
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A device with a mesh bottom to separate, in a granular material, larger particles from smaller ones, or to separate solid objects from a liquid.
"Use the sieve to get the pasta from the water."
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A process, physical or abstract, that arrives at a final result by filtering out unwanted pieces of input from a larger starting set of input.
"Given a list of consecutive numbers starting at 1, the Sieve of Eratosthenes algorithm will find all of the prime numbers."
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A kind of coarse basket.
verb
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To strain, sift or sort using a sieve.
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To concede; let in
Source: Wiktionary
Word Details
Letters
S
I
E
V
E
Length
5 letters
Scrabble Score
8 points