Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb sieve_out

1 sense of sieve out

Sense 1
sieve out, pick over -- (separate or remove; "The customer picked over the selection")
       => choose, take, select, pick out -- (pick out, select, or choose from a number of alternatives; "Take any one of these cards"; "Choose a good husband for your daughter"; "She selected a pair of shoes from among the dozen the salesgirl had shown her")