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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | strainer |
| Synonyms: | basket, colander, filter, mesh, screen, sifter |
| Notes: | a selective or purifying process can be called a sieve - and sift means 'to pass through a sieve' |
| Main Entry: | screen |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | examine and choose |
| Synonyms: | cull, eliminate, evaluate, extract, filter, gauge, grade, pick out, process, riddle, scan, select, separate, sieve, sift, sort, winnow |
| Main Entry: | sift |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | take out residue; remove impurities |
| Synonyms: | analyze, clean, colander, comb, delve into, dig into, drain, evaluate, examine, explore, fathom, filter, go into, go through, grade, inquire, investigate, look into, pan, part, pore over, probe, prospect, purify, riddle, screen, scrutinize, search, separate, sieve, size, sort, strain, winnow |
| Notes: | a selective or purifying process can be called a sieve - and sift means 'to pass through a sieve' |
| Antonyms: | put in |
| Main Entry: | strain |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | filter |
| Synonyms: | exude, percolate, purify, refine, riddle, screen, seep, separate, sieve, sift |
| Notes: | a sprain involves one or more ligaments; a strain involves a tendon or muscle |
| Main Entry: | winnow |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | separate |
| Synonyms: | analyze, disperse, eliminate, examine, extract, fan, remove, scatter, select, sieve, sort |
| Main Entry: | winnow |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | separate |
| Synonyms: | extract, sieve, sift |
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