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A sieve is an utensil used to strain solids from liquids.
A sieve is a device for segregating aggregate based on particle size. Sieves commonly consist of a wire mesh on which the aggregate is placed. The sieve is then shaken, allowing particles smaller than the mesh openings to fall through. It may also be used in a garden to remove stones from soil.
A sieve used in cooking is a Colander.
A sieve in Mathematics can be
- A technique for counting or filtering sets of numbers. See Sieve theory, Sieve of Eratosthenes, and General number field sieve.
- A way of writing down how objects in a category glue to give other ones. See Sieve (category theory).
sieve is a mail filtering language proposed as Internet standard that can be found at this address or this one on archive.org.
sieve is a popular taunt among crowds at American college Ice hockey games, used as a reference to a Goaltender.