seuloa — meaning in English

English meaning

• screen noun A flat surface on a device or in a cinema on which images or text are displayed.
• sieve noun A kitchen tool with a mesh bottom used to separate larger pieces from smaller ones or to drain liquid from solids.
• sift verb To pass a dry substance through a sieve to remove lumps or separate fine from coarse.
• vet noun A doctor who treats animals; short for veterinarian.
• winnow verb To subject (granular material, especially food grain) to a current of air separating heavier and lighter components, as grain from chaff.

Senses

seuloa is used for these senses in English:

• screen To filter by passing through a screen.
• screen (medicine) To examine patients or treat a sample in order to detect a chemical or a disease, or to assess susceptibility to a disease.
• sieve To strain, sift or sort using a sieve.
• sift (transitive) To sieve or strain (something).
• sift (transitive) To separate or scatter (things) as if by sieving.
• sift (transitive) To examine (something) carefully.
• vet To thoroughly check or investigate particularly with regard to providing formal approval.
• winnow (transitive, figuratively) To separate, sift, analyse, or test by separating items having different values.

screen — full definition

1. noun A flat surface on a device or in a cinema on which images or text are displayed.
2. verb To examine or test someone or something to detect a problem, risk, or suitability.
3. verb To shield or conceal something from view.
4. verb To show a film or program publicly.

sieve — full definition

1. noun A kitchen tool with a mesh bottom used to separate larger pieces from smaller ones or to drain liquid from solids.
2. noun Something, or someone, that lets too much through — a poor filter, especially for secrets or memory.
3. verb To pass something through a sieve; to sift or strain.

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