sieve in the Oxford-Paravia Italian Dictionary

Translations for sieve in the English»Italian Dictionary

I.sieve [Brit sɪv, Am sɪv] N

sieve (for draining)

colino m

sieve (for sifting)

setaccio m

sieve (for coal, stones, wheat)

vaglio m

to put sth through a sieve

passare qc al setaccio

II.sieve [Brit sɪv, Am sɪv] VB trans

sieve earth

setacciare

sieve flour, sugar

passare al setaccio, setacciare

sieve coal, wheat

vagliare, passare al vaglio

III.sieve [Brit sɪv, Am sɪv]

to have a head like a sieve

essere smemorato or non avere memoria

to have a memory like a sieve

essere smemorato or non avere memoria

to leak like a sieve

essere un colabrodo

Translations for sieve in the Italian»English Dictionary

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staccio

sieve

crivello

sieve

passino

sieve

setaccio

sieve

passare qc al setaccio

to put sth through a sieve, to sieve or sift sth

setacciare

to sieve

essere un colabrodo

to leak like a sieve

vaglio

sieve

passare al vaglio minerale

to sieve, to sift, to riddle

vagliare

to sieve

essere bucato come un colabrodo

to leak like a sieve

sieve in the PONS Dictionary

Translations for sieve in the English»Italian Dictionary

I.sieve [sɪv] N

sieve for flour

setaccio m

sieve for liquid

colino m

to put sth through a sieve

passare qc al setaccio

Phrases:

to have a memory like a sieve

essere smemorato, -a

II.sieve [sɪv] VB trans

sieve flour

setacciare

sieve liquid

colare

Translations for sieve in the Italian»English Dictionary

Your search term in other parts of the dictionary

passino

sieve

setaccio

sieve

setacciare

to sieve

essere un colabrodo fig (sistema, difesa)

to leak like a sieve

sieve Examples from the PONS Dictionary (editorially verified)

to put sth through a sieve

passare qc al setaccio

to have a memory like a sieve

essere smemorato, -a

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English

Sieves pose a particular hazard to swimmers because even the smallest sieves can trap a person's foot if they stand up in the current.

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The big site is formed by taking the entire category of schemes and their morphisms, together with the covering sieves specified by the topology.

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The "bombilla" acts as both a straw and a sieve.

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Observe, for example, that when travelling uphill the fan speed must be reduced to account for the shallower gradient of the sieves.

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They have framework structures similar to zeolites and some are used as catalysts or molecular sieves.

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In sugar sinks, cells actively transport solutes "out" of the sieve-tube elements, producing the exactly opposite effect.

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Another disadvantage is that the amount of energy used to sieve the sample is arbitrarily determined.

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The ends of these cells are connected with other sieve tube members, and together they constitute the sieve tube.

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The sieves and basically a metal frame, that has many rows of fingers set reasonably close together.

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The smaller pieces are separated into different sizes by a system of graduated sieves, placed in descending order.

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