Open English Wordnet
Nouns
(n)sieve, screena strainer for separating lumps from powdered material or grading particles Verbs
(v)sieve, siftcheck and sort carefully“sift the information” (v)sift, sieve, strainseparate by passing through a sieve or other straining device to separate out coarser elements“sift the flour” (v)sieve, siftdistinguish and separate out“sift through the job candidates”