sieving

English

Verb

sieving

  1. present participle and gerund of sieve

Noun

sieving (plural sievings)

  1. The act of passing something through a sieve.
  2. Material that has passed through a sieve.
    • 2008, D. K. Maheshwari, Potential Microorganisms For Sustainable Agriculture, page 79:
      The sievings retained on different sieves are washed into separate Petri dishes for further observations or purification by sucrose centrifugation.

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