Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Perforated like a sieve; cribrose.
- To sift.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Cribriform.
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- adjective
cribriform
Etymologies
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Latin cribratus, past participle of cribrare ("to sift").
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biocon commented on the word cribrate
Cribrate means to literally or figuratively sift (Oxford English Dictionary).
November 25, 2011