"sieving" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: sievings [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} sieving (plural sievings)
  1. The act of passing something through a sieve. Translations (act of passing something through a sieve): kribro (Esperanto)
    Sense id: en-sieving-en-noun-FdJCoW9z Disambiguation of 'act of passing something through a sieve': 82 18
  2. Material that has passed through a sieve.
    Sense id: en-sieving-en-noun-uB7Icj7y Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Esperanto translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 13 74 14 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 14 74 12 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 7 87 6 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 6 89 5 Disambiguation of Terms with Esperanto translations: 11 80 9

Verb

Head templates: {{head|en|verb form}} sieving
  1. present participle and gerund of sieve Tags: form-of, gerund, participle, present Form of: sieve
    Sense id: en-sieving-en-verb-uDYzvtPI

Inflected forms

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