sieve-likeadj.

Etymology: < sieve n.

Resembling a sieve; perforated like a sieve.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > possession > relinquishing > squandering or prodigality > [adjective] > characterized or marked by squandering

wasteful1451

prodigal1508

sieve-like1605

profusive1638

akolastic1656

squandering1726

effuse1745

spendthrift1790

the world > space > relative position > condition of being open or not closed > an opening or aperture > [adjective] > having (a) hole(s) > full of holes

holey1398

sieve-like1605

windowed1608

open-waled1611

open1625

foraminous1626

windowya1631

honeycombed1633

foraminulous1664

cribrous1674

cribriform1741

riddled1785

cribrose1857

1605 J. Sylvester tr. G. de S. Du Bartas Deuine Weekes & Wks. i. i. 13 Thence is't that Garden-pots, the mouth kept close, Let fall no liquor at their siue-like nose.

1639 W. Sclater, Jr. Worthy Communicant Rewarded 3 So sieve-like are our memories, that they doe..let slip..what should better be retained.

a1650 T. May Old Couple iii So dying aldermen Pour out at once upon their sieve-like heirs Whole gusts of envi'd wealth.

1766 Compl. Farmer at Glanders The os ethmoides, or sieve-like bone, through which the olfactory nerves pass.

1837 P. Keith Bot. Lexicon 257 When the juice of the sugar-cane has been boiled down to a syrup, it is put to cool into sieve-like vessels.

1882 R. Bentley Man. Bot. (ed. 4) i. ii. 52 The sieve-like partition walls.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1910; most recently modified version published online September 2018).

单词	sieve-like
释义	sieve-likeadj. Etymology: < sieve n. Resembling a sieve; perforated like a sieve. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > relinquishing > squandering or prodigality > [adjective] > characterized or marked by squandering wasteful1451 prodigal1508 sieve-like1605 profusive1638 akolastic1656 squandering1726 effuse1745 spendthrift1790 the world > space > relative position > condition of being open or not closed > an opening or aperture > [adjective] > having (a) hole(s) > full of holes holey1398 sieve-like1605 windowed1608 open-waled1611 open1625 foraminous1626 windowya1631 honeycombed1633 foraminulous1664 cribrous1674 cribriform1741 riddled1785 cribrose1857 1605 J. Sylvester tr. G. de S. Du Bartas Deuine Weekes & Wks. i. i. 13 Thence is't that Garden-pots, the mouth kept close, Let fall no liquor at their siue-like nose. 1639 W. Sclater, Jr. Worthy Communicant Rewarded 3 So sieve-like are our memories, that they doe..let slip..what should better be retained. a1650 T. May Old Couple iii So dying aldermen Pour out at once upon their sieve-like heirs Whole gusts of envi'd wealth. 1766 Compl. Farmer at Glanders The os ethmoides, or sieve-like bone, through which the olfactory nerves pass. 1837 P. Keith Bot. Lexicon 257 When the juice of the sugar-cane has been boiled down to a syrup, it is put to cool into sieve-like vessels. 1882 R. Bentley Man. Bot. (ed. 4) i. ii. 52 The sieve-like partition walls. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1910; most recently modified version published online September 2018). < adj.1605
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