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.

Anagrams

• gives in, viseing, viséing