Sieve

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• A sieve is an utensil used to strain solids from liquids.
• A sieve is a device for segregating aggregate based on particle size. Sieves commonly consist of a wire mesh on which the aggregate is placed. The sieve is then shaken, allowing particles smaller than the mesh openings to fall through. It may also be used in a garden to remove stones from soil.
• A sieve used in cooking is a colander.
• A sieve in mathematics can be
  • A technique for counting or filtering sets of numbers. See sieve theory, sieve of Eratosthenes, and general number field sieve.
  • A way of writing down how objects in a category glue to give other ones. See sieve (category theory).
• sieve is a mail filtering language proposed as Internet standard that can be found at this address or this one on archive.org.
• sieve is a popular taunt among crowds at American college ice hockey games, used as a reference to a goaltender.