a tool for separating solids from liquids or larger solids from smaller solids, made of a wire or plastic net attached to a ring. The liquid or small pieces pass through the net but the larger pieces do not:
Press the apricot jam through a sieve and stir in one tablespoon of cold water.
IDIOMS
have a memory / mind like a sieve (informal) to have a very bad memory; to forget things easily
verb [VN] to put sth through a sieve
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