🇬🇧 Sieve meaning: English Vocabulary Flash Card

To sieve means to pour or shake a liquid or powder through a tool with tiny holes, called a sieve, so that only the smooth, small pieces go through and the bigger chunks stay on top. People sieve things like flour, soup, or juice to make them smoother or to catch any bits they don’t want.

I decided to sieve my soup, and all the vegetables stared at me from the sieve like betrayed friends.

I tried to sieve my mashed potatoes, but they were so thick the sieve just gave up and sighed.

The recipe said to sieve the sugar, but I mostly just dusted the whole kitchen and created a sweet white fog.

Grandma watched me sieve the flour and said, “You’re making more of a snowstorm than a cake.”

I learned that people sieve flour to make cakes fluffier, but I mostly sieve things to see how big a mess I can make in under ten seconds.

At the tiny kitchen table she pours flour and says, "Sieve the flour, please." He lifts the bowl and watches her sieve slowly, shaking to sieve out lumps. They sieve again, laughing when a sugar lump drops. After they sieve twice more, the batter is smooth and they grin with proud hands.

This word is at the C2 level, which means it represents the highest mastery of English. It’s often used in specialized or highly formal contexts and helps you communicate with precision and subtlety, much like a native speaker.

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