sieve

1. A device with a mesh, grate, or otherwise perforated bottom to separate, in a granular material, larger particles from smaller ones, or to separate solid objects from a liquid.

   Near-synonyms: sifter, strainer, temse

   Use the sieve to get the pasta from the water.

   Sieb

   решето́rešetó, си́тоsíto, дуршла́гduršlág

   ре́шетоréšeto, си́тоsýto

2. A process, physical or abstract, that arrives at a final result by filtering out unwanted pieces of input from a larger starting set of input.

   Given a list of consecutive numbers starting at 1, the Sieve of Eratosthenes algorithm will find all of the prime numbers.

   просе́иваниеproséivanije

3. (colloquial)A person, or their mind, that cannot remember things or is unable to keep secrets.

4. (derogatory, slang)An intern who lets too many non-serious cases into the emergency room.

5. A collection of morphisms in a category whose codomain is a certain fixed object of that category, which collection is closed under precomposition by any morphism in the category.

6. (obsolete)A kind of coarse basket.

1. Our roof is leaking like a sieve.

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2. Water doesn't stay in a sieve.

   deDas Wasser hält sich nicht im Sieb. — Esperantostern

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3. I have a memory like a sieve.

   ruУ меня память девичья. — marafon

   deIch habe ein Gedächtnis wie ein Sieb. — Fingerhut

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4. Layla's alibi is leaking like a sieve.

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5. Don't use a sieve to scoop water.

   deBenutze kein Sieb, um Wasser zu schöpfen! — mhr

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