Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to sieve
Participle: sieved
Gerund: sieving
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | sieve |
| you | sieve |
| he;she;it | sieves |
| we | sieve |
| you | sieve |
| they | sieve |
Perfect
| I | have sieved |
| you | have sieved |
| he;she;it | has sieved |
| we | have sieved |
| you | have sieved |
| they | have sieved |
Past
| I | sieved |
| you | sieved |
| he;she;it | sieved |
| we | sieved |
| you | sieved |
| they | sieved |
Pluperfect
| I | had sieved |
| you | had sieved |
| he;she;it | had sieved |
| we | had sieved |
| you | had sieved |
| they | had sieved |
Future
| I | will sieve |
| you | will sieve |
| he;she;it | will sieve |
| we | will sieve |
| you | will sieve |
| they | will sieve |
Future Perfect
| I | will have sieved |
| you | will have sieved |
| he;she;it | will have sieved |
| we | will have sieved |
| you | will have sieved |
| they | will have sieved |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | sieve |
| you | sieve |
| he;she;it | sieve |
| we | sieve |
| you | sieve |
| they | sieve |
Perfect
| I | have sieved |
| you | have sieved |
| he;she;it | have sieved |
| we | have sieved |
| you | have sieved |
| they | have sieved |
Imperfect
| I | sieved |
| you | sieved |
| he;she;it | sieved |
| we | sieved |
| you | sieved |
| they | sieved |
Pluperfect
| I | had sieved |
| you | had sieved |
| he;she;it | had sieved |
| we | had sieved |
| you | had sieved |
| they | had sieved |
Conditional
Present
| I | would sieve |
| you | would sieve |
| he;she;it | would sieve |
| we | would sieve |
| you | would sieve |
| they | would sieve |
Perfect
| I | would have sieved |
| you | would have sieved |
| he;she;it | would have sieved |
| we | would have sieved |
| you | would have sieved |
| they | would have sieved |
Imperative
| you | sieve |
| we | Let's sieve |
| you | sieve |
Verbs conjugated like 'sieve'
abacinate,
abalienate,
abase,
abate,
abbreviate,
abdicate,
abduce,
aberrate,
aberuncate,
abirritate,
abjudge,
abjudicate,
abjugate,
abjure,
ablactate,
ablaqueate,
able,
ablegate,
abligate,
abnegate, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'sieve'
mieve,
siege,
steve,
alieve,
asweve,
bive,
bleve,
cheve,
chieve,
dive,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
From Middle English sive, syfe, from Old English sife, from Proto-West Germanic *sibi (“sieve”), from Proto-Indo-European *seyp-, *seyb- (“to pour, sieve, strain, run, drip”). Akin to German Sieb, Dutch zeef, Proto-Slavic *sito (Russian си́то (síto), сев (sev), се́ять (séjatʹ)).
Sample Sentences
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Serpulorbis grandis feeds on plankton that it seives ^([sic]) from the water like a clam does. [2001, Julian Sprung, Invertebrates: A Quick Reference Guide, page 111:]
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This was their seventh defeat out of nine finals, including five in a row, and the second half was a chastening experience for the Serie A champions, culminating in them sieving more goals in one match than in the rest of the competition put together. [2017 June 3, Daniel Taylor, “Real Madrid win Champions League as Cristiano Ronaldo double defeats Juve”, in The Guardian (London):]