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sievelike

adj

Etymology

From sieve + -like.

  1. derived from *seyp-✻
  2. inherited from *sibi✻
  3. inherited from sife
  4. inherited from sive
  5. suffixed as sievelike — “sieve + like”

Definitions

  1. Resembling a sieve

    Resembling a sieve; thus, having holes through which fluids can pass

    • a sievelike membrane

The neighborhood

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